Encountering conflict-prompt

[lachymm]

Hey, i have been given the prompt "Our responses to conflict rely more on self interest than any other factor"

I tend to agree with the prompt however i am struggling to come up with good key ideas and strong evidence.

I was wondering if i could get a hand with key arguements that will form the idea for each paragraph.
Outside evidence and evidence from the play "the crucible"

Quotes also if they are around

I am studying up on McCarthyism however am unsure on how to relate it to the prompt

I will be doing an expository if that makes any difference

Thanks for any help i may recieve in advance.

[lachymm]

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[24lover]

Hey, i have been given the prompt "Our responses to conflict rely more on self interest than any other factor"

I tend to agree with the prompt however i am struggling to come up with good key ideas and strong evidence.

I was wondering if i could get a hand with key arguements that will form the idea for each paragraph.
Outside evidence and evidence from the play "the crucible"

Quotes also if they are around

I am studying up on McCarthyism however am unsure on how to relate it to the prompt

I will be doing an expository if that makes any difference

Thanks for any help i may recieve in advance.

Hey Lachymm
'Our responses to conflict rely more on self interest than any other factor'
If you're struggling with ideas, think about what self interest means - is it a good thing or a bad thing? That might help you expand your ideas a little further - hope below helps

Evidence from the crucible: Most significant character would be Abigail due to her own interests she denounces Proctor's wife Elizabeth as a participant in witchcraft all because she wants Proctor to herself. Abigail also persuades the other little girls to denounce innocent people in Salem to deflect any suspicion on herself. Furthermore, she flees from Salem at the end of the play in her own self-interest for self-preservation, having no sense of penance for the damaged she has caused in Salem.
Other people you could discuss:
Proctor: unlike Abigail his self-interest is respected by us because he won't sign a document stating that he participated in witchcraft. He wishes that his name is respected even after he is gone because he knows he has done the right thing all along.
Hale: His self-interest in maintaining his reputation as someone who is highly knowledgeable about witchcraft results in him helping to incarcerate innocent people. However because he learns that being narcissistic isn't worth putting innocent lives in jail, he grows from this. ( a good thing!)

How does your prompt relate to McCarthyism?
McCarthyism is basically about how back in the day people would incarcerate the 'guilty' for no good reason and without solid proof. This is similar to what Danforth and Hale do in the Crucible since it is clear that the only 'proof' they use is other people in Salem saying that 'Goody ____ practised witchcraft.'

Outside sources: You could talk about Stolen Generation how the English believed that it was in the Aboriginal peoples' best interest to be 'civilised.' This obviously failed. Maybe talk about racism such as segregation in America, how it was in the white's self-interest to represent themselves as the more 'powerful' and more 'deserving' of rights than the negros.

does that help?

[lachymm]

That was brilliant!
i really like that last one in particular about the partide. With white peoples best interest to instill a sense of being superior so that they could enjoy the wealth and social status that would result as the segregation continued. I will research that for sure

[lachymm]

Just another bump,

How does mcarthyism relate to the prompt though?

[brightsky]

I guess you could say that McCarthyism is a type of reaction to conflict. If two political figures come into disagreement, the interest would obviously be (for any party) to eliminate the other party. McCarthyism is just that; an elimination that has total disregard to any veritable evidence - purely based on self-interest. The Mao era is littered with examples of this.

[24lover]

mccarthyism is related to self-interest due to Americans trying to protect themselves from communism. Their fear of communism coming to power resulted in the 'McCarthyism-people' to accuse anyone and everyone who was remotely suspected in supporting communism.

[lachymm]

True so maybe i could explore how self interest can blind people from making logical and rational decisions. In the case of McCarthyism and Witch hunting?

Any more ideas all comments have been helpful

[pooshwaltzer]

McCarthy was confronted with a journalist's question in relation to his political ruse and the perpetration of witch hunt in early 16th-17th Centuries. His response - witchcraft was fictitious superstition; communism is right off the Florida coast.

[24lover]

True so maybe i could explore how self interest can blind people from making logical and rational decisions. In the case of McCarthyism and Witch hunting?

Any more ideas all comments have been helpful

Absolutely.
You can also take the opposite approach and discuss how in those situations clarity is present for individuals as well - eg/ Proctor.
Remember with essays to be multi-sided allows you to demonstrate a greater depth in understanding - therefore it is likely that your teacher/marker will further recognise your intellectual capabilities!

[lachymm]

Yeah thanks, if anyone has anymore input it would be appreciated..Karma

[Magicians]

Do your own work you lazy leech

[lachymm]

I knew you still went on these forums
Go away, you have your mum for help...

[Magicians]

cheating on a SAC isn't looked upon too favourably these days....

[lachymm]

We are allowed to use outside resources the last time i checked...