Thursday, October 30, 2014

Core 6: A Break with Charity

1) Would you have felt guilty giving the wool and flour to Sarah Good and Dorcas?
  • No she technically said give the supplies to the poor which she did
  • No because if she was going home and still had the stuff in the cart she would have gotten in trouble

2) Will Susana’s parents figure out about her visits to Tituba?

  • yes because that would be a good plot point and good for the story


3) Is Tituba lying to Susana about Betty only having a fever?

  • yes because that’s not what a fever does
  • It’s black magic
  • She has more than a fever but Susana never asked explicitly

4) Why was Abigail not offended when she was called and Indian squaw?

  • Because she believed the puritans were wrong  

  • she wished she could live like a squaw








Susana Hi Contrast.jpgThis drawing is a mix of the characters Korra and Anastasia
This picture I drew is my rendering Susanna from the book A Break with Charity. Susanna is the protagonist of the book and so far she has proven to be an interesting character. She is a character with conflicting actions that make her appear human. Her views on her religion that she has been raised in are unsure, which makes for an interesting family situation.



·         The trials lasted from February 1692 to May 1693.
·         The death toll of the trials was about 20 people, and they were mostly women.
·         This all started when a group of girls in Salem said that they were possessed by the devil himself, and accused other women of doing witchcraft.
·         Those specific girls were believed to have a supernatural power to harm others in return for their loyalty.
·         It became widespread in New England as early as the 14th century.
·         The breakout of smallpox (leftover from the French and Indian war), attacks from neighboring Indians took a part in Salem. It fueled the residents to fear each other and outsiders and cause suspicions among their own neighbors.
·         As in the book, Elizabeth (Betty) Paris began having fits and violent contortions and uncontrollable outbursts.
·         Tituba was accused of being a witch, among many others.
·         People thought that the “witches” were deadly people. If someone was classified as a witch, they were hung, drowned or burned at the stake.
·          First to be killed as a “witch” was Bridget Bishop
·         The witch trials soon overcame the local justice system.
·         About 150 men, women and children were accused of being “witches”.
·         By September 1692, people began to abate, and the public opinion was turned against the trials.
·         When the local doctor, William Griggs, diagnosed bewitchment, other young girls began to develop similar symptoms as Betty, including Ann Putman Jr., Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, Elizabeth Hubbard, and Marry Warren.
·         In late February, arrest warrants were issued to Tituba, Sarah Good, and Sarah Osborn for bewitching the young girls
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