The Crucible

Arthur Miler

By Muneyoshi Yoshihiro

9-1

              The story of “The Crucible” is a non- fiction story that happened in real life in 1692, but some characters were arranged and some remained same. It is a tragic story because this was the real story that happened in real life which lots of people were accused. The story starts with girls who are living in the town called Salem. Salem is a place where witchcraft exists even though there are no real witches. People in that town are very paranoid about witchcraft and people kills innocent one without any proof. Girls are dancing in the middle of the forest so that no one can see them and this was to call devil. However, they were caught by Reverend Parris when they started screaming and running around because Tituba (only the black women in the Salem) put rabbit in the pot to call devil. So Reverend Parris told people in the Salem and all girls got sent to the court. Abigail William is one of the women, who was dancing at the forest and gave rabbit to Tituba. She blamed that Tituba called the devil and then Tituba blamed that Sarah Good and Goody Osburn called the devil. Abigail loves John Proctor who is a farmer, but she can’t love him because John was married with Elizabeth Proctor, so Abigail told to Judge Danforth that Elizabeth called the devil too. John Proctor cannot forgive this happening, so he sacrificed for Elizabeth and stopped the witchcraft in the Salem.

Pg 124 (summarized) No, I don’t! It is my name, and I cannot have another in my life! How may I live without my name? I have given my soul…., just leave me my name!

I recommend this book because this is a historic story that you should know. People should know about witchcraft because it brought to many innocent dead in the past and people are getting blamed of witchcraft today in countries like Africa. In the future, you might read play book like Shakespeare, so it will good practice.