H.U.A.C.

HUAC stands for the House Un-American Act Committee. What they did was investigate and judge if the actions of anyone accused were unAmerican or Communitst. If you were found to be a Communist or tied to Communism they would make you list names of other Communists that you know or hold you in contempt of Congress.The names that were given could then be blacklisted. http://www.nps.gov/archive/elro/glossary/huac.htm.

My first impression upon hearing this was: I did not know there was this much detail to the hearings. Upon reading this I began to wonder if people could honestly think like this. How could people honestly rat out their friends and collegues? Similarly to Arthur Miller getting called Communist. Could people honestly just call someone a Communist like that and live with themselves knowing that they had ruined their friends' lives?

Mayflower Voyage: William Bradford

Apparently, William Bradford's parents died and he was passed through his relatives, almost like a real life game of hot potato. He first experienced religion at the age of 12 in the town of Scrooby. King James 1 wanted to force all of the congregation out of the country; they fled to the Netherlands. His journal became the story "Of Plymouth Plantation." The Mayflower was 90ft long and 26ft accross. They had to cram 102 passengers on this ship. About as close you can get to literally being "packed like a can of sardines."

The Crucible

Not gonna lie, I absolutely hated the first like 25 pages of the first act. The ending of the first act however; was pretty interesting. After being told about the connection to the McCarthy Hearings, I can see how this play could be linked in numerous ways. I still can't believe that these witch hunts actually occured. It is just outstanding that people could actually think that people were performing witchcraft. The only thing that has ever come close to witchcraft was the alchemists with their converting half of a metal coin into gold.