John Proctor good or bad?!?!

In my opinion, John Proctor is a good guy, but its just that some of the puritans may think he is bad because he is a bit ahead of his time for the time of this story. He’s sick of Parris preaching week in and week out about eternal damnation. Now the puritans may think that this is what their pastors need to be talking about, but John Proctor is reacting more like someone would if they were being preached to like this in today’s time. A lot of people today wouldn't stay in a church if the pastor preaches like Parris does. Mostly because it’s all negative, it gets to be very discouraging over time.

So its not that John Proctors is bad, although he may be construed as bad because he’s going against the main basis of being a puritan by not always being god fearing. People today know that god isn’t just angry all the time waiting for us to slip up, John Proctor knows this too and he doesn’t want to sit in church week after week and listen to Parris screaming about how he’s going to hell.

As for Johns personal life, some of the things he has done have been of questionable morals but nothing so bad as to say that he’s evil.

So overall John Proctor is not evil, he’s just made some mistakes in his life. But who hasn't right?!?!?!?

Sinners in the hands of an angry god.

This reading was a bit...scary the first time you read it. With all the talk of gods wrath and how were all sinners destined for hell. I think this would be very discouraging for anyone reading it because it seems like there no chance for anyone during their lifetime. That no matter what you do your going to fail at being perfect in the eyes of god. So if I had heard this when John Edwards first spoke it. My first reaction would be terror. Then I would feel angry knowing there was no hope in my life at being pure in god's eyes.

Secondly, this makes god seem to be always a vengeful god. Smiting everyone all the time for any sin. Which most people who believe in god, don't believe that he is always angry. The bible portrays god to be a loving giver of life, who is the starter and ender of all time and being as we know it. But John Edwards seems to think that god in just chilling up in heaven, waiting for us to sin so that he can destroy our lives.

So overall, I feel like John Edwards may have a point about how were all sinners but all he is doing is scaring people by preaching this, and if I were alive when this was first being preached I wouldn't like it at all.

There goes the neighborhood

One example of there goes the neighborhood in a good way is about my old neighborhood, right around Southport. When i was growing up, all the stores weren't upper class boutiques they were all mostly just regular shops with a few restaurants around the neighborhood. Let me paint a picture for you...it used to be a real estate office, an insurance office, a pizza restaurant, and an old toy store. not very up and coming is it? But then about 10 years ago it really started to change. All the stores became corporate upper class stores. Opposed to mostly family owned passed through generations stores. This was the beginning of many changes for the Southport area. When I lived there, there was very few children around my house. Contrary to today when theres hundreds of family's with kids living around Southport.

When I moved away the area started becoming the excellent neighborhood that it is know as today. I continued going to grade school right by Southport, at Hawthorne..(A lot of people reading this probably just said oh no..not another kid from Hawthorne.) but it really wasn't that bad. Something I really remember from that school though is after the school day was over. a big group of people would walk over to Southport either to just relax or to grab something to eat because there was so many choices around there and places to eat.

Today if you go to the Southport area, you'll find tons of stores, restaurants, numerous schools, not to mention the thousands of family's that live in that area. In the past 10 years the Southport area has gone through many changes in every aspect. So there goes the neighborhood, for the better. :)

Introduction

I'm Casey Ford. I am 15 years old, most of my life is run by football. I have one sister who has recently left for college at Iowa university. School isn't something I like to spend my time on. Even though my mom would like it to be. I'm influenced mostly by my dad who played football when he was in high school and college. Like most kids my age I cant be away from my phone for more than 5 minutes. I enjoy going out with my friends as often as I can. I'm definitely more of a farm boy than a city boy. Regardless of the fact that I've lived in Chicago my whole life. If I had to summarize myself I would say that I'm just a kid in a big city trying to go to college to play football, and just looking to have a fun time in high school.