In discussions of “The Demons of Salem, With Us Still,” by Victor Navasky, one controversial issue is the impact of paranoia . One hand, Miller argues that paranoia can be found in any decade, and that paranoia is within us. On the other hand Kazan contends that our real enemies are out there, for instance, Communists. Navasky maintains that we have faced paranoia throughout history and that it is still intact today. The essence of Miller’s argument is that when hysteria hits us, people forget their better natures and turn on a convenient scapegoat because of the paranoia within us. For example, in “The Crucible,” the people of Salem lose their heads because they are afraid of the possibility of someone near them being a witch. So they
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Ever since the grievous incident of terrorists crashing two planes filled with innocent people into the Twin Towers, known as 9/11, extreme security precautions were taken as a matter of prudence, and paranoia. This is not to say that security precautions are abominable, but rather that those extreme security precautions were implemented because there was paranoia that the terrorists could strike again at anytime. For example, two months after the 9/11 attack the Congress Federalized Airport Security passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. This Act implemented stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening, including removing of the shoes and prohibiting liquids. An arrangement of machines were produced to scan for weapons, and explosive items as well. Equally, in Paris, France, three teams of terrorists attacked six locations killing 129 people, 353 wounded, and 99 people in serious condition. More than 31 states in America are protesting the entry of Syrian refugees because authorities revealed that one of the suspects involved in the attack of Paris, entered Europe by entering as a Syrian refugee. In other words, the majority of the United States are not willing to take in refugees because of the paranoia that a terrorist may be mixed in the group of refugees entering the United States. To sum up, terrorism creates panic,
Ever since the grievous incident of terrorists crashing two planes filled with innocent people into the Twin Towers, known as 9/11, extreme security precautions were taken as a matter of prudence, and paranoia. This is not to say that security precautions are abominable, but rather that those extreme security precautions were implemented because there was paranoia that the terrorists could strike again at anytime. For example, two months after the 9/11 attack the Congress Federalized Airport Security passed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. This Act implemented stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening, including removing of the shoes and prohibiting liquids. An arrangement of machines were produced to scan for weapons, and explosive items as well. Equally, in Paris, France, three teams of terrorists attacked six locations killing 129 people, 353 wounded, and 99 people in serious condition. More than 31 states in America are protesting the entry of Syrian refugees because authorities revealed that one of the suspects involved in the attack of Paris, entered Europe by entering as a Syrian refugee. In other words, the majority of the United States are not willing to take in refugees because of the paranoia that a terrorist may be mixed in the group of refugees entering the United States. To sum up, terrorism creates panic,