Connections to The Crucible
Japanese Internment and The Crucible.
- In both cases the people were citizens of their community.
- The mass hysteria started over fear of their neighbor, both incidents caused an uproar in the community.
- Both groups were subjected to punishment without any evidence of that they had done any thing wrong.
- In both cases the court agreed to carry out this persecution.
- In the end many people lost everything.
- Another similarity was everyone blamed each other.
Japanese American and Puritans
- Both of the events were unnecessary under all circumstance.
- Poor conditions in both dungeons and internment camps.
- Both were fueled by someones fear and psychological state of mind.
- Some simliar events in The Crucible and Japanese internment was that best friends turn into sworn enemies.
- There was no more trust in both communitys.