Climbing up on Solsbury Hill

Jeez, what am I supposed to write about this week?  There’s nothing I can really work with.  The only thing we really covered was the importance of a name, soooo…here goes I guess.

I guess I can reiterate the point I’ve used FIFTY FREAKING TIMES for different things this week in class, which is that integrity is more important than looking good in the eyes of those who cannot see.

Wait-What do I mean by “in the eyes of those who cannot see?”

I mean absolutely nothing.  I thought it would be a good thing to add to a thesis I wrote.  It made it seem deeper than it was.  I could really have put “in the eyes of other people,” but what good would that do me? 

I feel like this post is going nowhere in a hurry.  So I guess I should try to create a meaning for those who can’t see. 

Hmmmmmm.

Ah-here is a good way to explain it: money.  Much of society determines who they hang out with based on money.  If they ain’t rich, they ain’t my friend.  It doesn’t matter how the person got rich, what the person does for a living, or whether the person is a good friend to have, it’s all about the money.  They cannot see.  In The Crucible, the citizens of Salem cannot see.  John Proctor has been accused as a witch, and therefore he must be a bad man.  They think they can make him better by confessing.

There’s just one problem-he has already confessed.

He has confessed to adultery.  He told the truth and through that is shown to be a better man than any Salemite could ever dream of being.  If he would confess to witchcraft he would be throwing away his integrity all over again.

It doesn’t matter though, because he has his integrity again, and although some cannot see it, those who can see him-those who matter-know he is honest, and that is all that matters.

You probably don't get the title, I know.

This is the last verse to the song:

When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,
They've come to take me home."

And here's a link to the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OO2PuGz-H8