How The Crucible Changed My Life

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It was a warm day one of those days where you could tell that spring was over and summer was arriving when I got the letter that changed my life. It was from Samuel Parris the minister of Salem, a small town by the coast that was there but it was insignificant. He begged me to come take a look at some girls who may have fallen into Satan’s grip. It made sense that he'd come to me since I was the top of my field when it comes to identifying and destroying where the Devil may roam. I finished up my work at the church and said goodbye to my wife thinking I wouldn't be gone long I left the church under her watchful eye. Upon my arrival I was greeted by many people who were scared and crazed over the fact that the Devil may be in Salem. A middle aged man came to me introducing …show more content…

“This is my daughter Betty.” From the second I stepped into that room I felt the Devil’s breath flowing down the back of my neck. For the first time in my witchcraft career I felt unsafe and I feared that something more may be at stake here. I shook the girl and yelled at her, nothing. I looked at the others asking what they had done they said they were dancing in the woods and they didn't know what happened to her. All of the sudden she jumped up like something scared her and made her feel more unsafe than I had already felt. She started screaming names of at the time people I didn't know but then all the girls started yelling names. They had all had the Devil’s hand in their life and now they had turned back to God and I felt achieved. Now I had a greater task questioning all these people and seeing if Satan was in their soul as well. Sometime later I met a man named John Proctor and from the start he always struck me like a good man and an honest husband and farmer. Eventually through a heartfelt confession I found one of those to be false. Many weeks later and many more accusations later I paid a visit to the

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