Imagine losing your parents and your grandfather at the age of 16 and being forced to move to a place where they believe in witches. Well, this is what is happening in the book The Witch of Blackbird Pond. A 16-year-old girl named Kit Tyler embarks on her journey to Wethersfield. But once she got there, she wasn’t very fond of what it looked like or the people living there. Before Kit’s grandfather died and she was forced to move, she was very “spoiled” compared to the resources and duties she must do now. Since Kit was raised in a place different from Wethersfield, she does many things that the townspeople consider being bewitched. This is exactly how Kit Tyler ends up in the witch trials where they determine if Kit will get prosecuted or not.…show more content… However, some people oppose this claim and instead believe it’s not to jump to conclusions which are very valid. Many people in the book do jump to conclusions, but an outrageous number of these conclusions are determined by what someone's emotions are and the built-up actions of the main characters. Kit, the main character, develops this theme by getting into situations that involve social, religious, and fear factors which change the way others react and respond to Kit’s actions. When Kit is accused of conjuring up a widely spread illness, social factors come into play. Kit is known for her relationship with the town “witch” so when she miraculously recovered it gave reason for the suspicions. She is also the odd one out in the town, she can swim, read, and she isn’t much of a puritan herself. In the book where this is demonstrated she says, “‘Why my grandfather taught me to swim as soon as I could walk.’ The others stared at her in suspicion. As though she had sprouted a tail and fins right before their eyes. What was the matter with these people?” (Speare 9). Religion also played a role in leading up to her
