Crucible Reflection

    The Crucible is a story about the Salem Witch Trials and somewhat how they tied in with the McCarthy Trials of communism.  I believe that the story starts off seeming like it is fairly normal, then the craziness starts to escalate.  The accusations the girls make are just of people they do not like or outcasts that they want to have arrested or even killed.  The girls, while dancing in the forest, thought that they were just playing around and having fun.  They did not believe any of the witchcraft nonsense at first, but then when they started to lie and make accusations, they started to believe what they were saying.  They started to think that there were actually witches.  I believe that this could happen in any society, even today.  Someone can just mention something or tell a lie, and it gets way out of hand.  As soon as it gets out of hand everyone, even the people that started it, believe that it is all true.  The Swine Flu epidemic, for example, started and someone died from it.  Soon, everyone thought that Swine Flu was extremely deadly and a serious issue, when in reality it was not all that bad.  The Crucible is just about some girls, that may have either wanted attention or were trying to get out of a problem, telling lies and opening a big issue.