“This novel is an intense and powerful story about the Salem Witch Trials. This novel really showed how people were accused of being witches during this time period in Salem, Massachusetts. People were usually put on trial or hung because there were accusations of them being witches. Arthur Miller showed the full extent to Salem trial transcripts in detail, even making a convincing attempt to re-create 17th century language. Many were executed and it was their courage on the scaffold that helped convinced the citizens of Salem to stop the reign of terror. My favorite part in this book is when one of the main characters, Abigail, tells on another girl claiming shes a witch and the girl Mary Allen is put on trial and everything. It shows the real version of these trials and how these girls made other girls pretend to make them seem as they were real witches. ”
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“This is such a great story!!! I love how the issues and themes are still relevant and applicable today. ”
“5 stars. I wish this was required reading for me in high school. I think any high schooler who reads this book is lucky if full discussion of the book takes place. This is a universal theme that I feel applies to (not exaggerating), everyone's life. How many times do you feel judged? Villified? Cast in a bad light by people who have their own publicly denouncing you? Those that are so judgmental usually have a motive. (as did the young girls). They claimedsd that innocent people were witches to save their own skin. This is politics 101, corporate America 101, gossip 101. It applies to everyone at all different ages, in all different situations. In 2007, see how this applies to world affairs, your job situation, etc. If you feel victimized at work, I recommend reading "The Five Dysfunctions of a Team". Easy read, get it used. ”
“This book was ok but it didn't spark my intrest. We read it in my 11th grade englisg class I had the role of Francis Nurse, that was fun doing it as a class but never really wanted to read it. For me it was hard to follow.”
