As I prepare to write a post concerning American history & culture, I stop to ask myself a few questions, find your personal answers if...

Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels, wrote this book to be sarcastic. It’s supposed to shed light on issues of the human condition in ridiculous ways. Book II is focused on one of Gulliver’s many different journeys. This journey is when he met the Brognagdians.      Book II contrasts nicely with Book I, which focused on a narrow-minded society of Lilliputians who happened to be the size of bugs compared to Gulliver, who was the average Englishman. Book II focuses on

In our history books, people say that the Salem witch trials were a psychological event: mob mentality. But how true is that statement? Are the Salem witch trials really the best example? Probably not.      The Salem witch trials started when girls in the area started “acting strange” and blaming their neighbors, calling them witches who cursed the girls. Many of the parents took the girls to be diagnosed by doctors who informed their government of what was happening to these