While this wasn't the case, she didn't want to tell people what she was truly doing (casting a spell on John Proctor's wife) so she decided instead of telling the truth she would lie and start a huge witch hunt because of it. People believed and held their tongues because if she wanted to she could accuse someone and most likely get them hung and she blamed a very powerless woman in the town of Salem. She blames a woman named Tituba who is a slave to the Willams and an easy target for Abigail's lie. This is also shown in Farheient 451 when the government outlaws books to keep “ society happy” Guy Montag would find this hard to believe after walking with classes who somehow had outside knowledge about books and shared some things with Montag who was more intrigued about