The Crucible: Pre-reading Blog
Read each of the following quotations. Choose one and write about it- what does it mean, connect it to your life, connect it to the real world, connect it to a current event, connect it to an event from the past. You need to have an intro, body, and conclusion. Really focus on your ideas. Go back through it and make sure you eliminate mistakes before you post it.
- “Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be
true.” ~Chinese Proverb
- “The man who seeks revenge digs two graves.” ~Ken Kesey
- “Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” ~Alexander Hamilton
- “A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
- “You see what power is - holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them!” ~Amy Tan
- “Who lies for you will lie against you.” ~Bosnian Proverb
- “When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious.” ~John Grisham
- “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction.” ~Erich Fromm
- “The opposite for courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow.” ~Jim Hightower
- “I liken an affair to the shattering of a Waterford crystal vase. You can glue it back together, but it will never be the same again.” ~John Gottman
