Salem Witch Trials Vs Holocaust

Salem and the Holocaust create an Environment of Fear If you think of the word fear you might think of things you are afraid of, but when fear is described in the Salem Witch Trials and the Holocaust it is the type of fear that can destroy a whole town or even the world. To be afraid of something or someone can lead to people making rash decisions that always have a consequence. In both Salem and the Holocaust lives were ruined from fear of authority or the “social norm”. The town of Salem described in the book The Crucible was put in chaos from the witch trials there. These witch trials put innocent people to their deaths and left their families, farms, and lives to desolation. Fear of witches destroyed them faster than any witch ever did …show more content…
People feared the socially unacceptable people and out of fear brought on their own sorrow. These people contrary to those called normal were seen to be dangerous and rejected because their differences. In Act One of The Crucible Mary Warren said, “What’ll we do? The village is out! I just come from the farm; the whole country’s talkin’ witchcraft! They’ll be callin’ us witches, Abby!” (18). In her cry it shows how the village will come after her if she is a witch or even has dealt with witchery. Out of fear they would send her to her death because of her abnormal behavior. During the Holocaust Jews, Gypsies, Jehovah Witnesses, homosexuals, the disabled, and others not living up to the expected standard were persecuted and murdered (Beorn 1). As a result of these murders of the innocent from fear a lot of turmoil …show more content…
In the time of fear, humanity tends to blame and charge others of wrong doing just so they will not get charged of anything. In Act One of The Crucible Abigail Williams accused Tituba of Witchcraft to cover herself (44). By doing this she believed she would not get in trouble and Tituba would get the injustice, and Tituba did. That is how many people act in times when fear rules. Blaming others and criticizing makes their world seem safer as long as they are not getting hurt. In the holocaust people not only turned Jews in, but were payed money to do so. This world of fear can make the unpredictable happen to

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