Comparing The Crucible And ISIS

One major similarity between The Crucible and ISIS is that there is a considerable amount of fear, which causes people to act in ways they normally wouldn’t act. One example of this is that in both situations arrest rates rose greatly because the people’s fear increased. After ISIS captured major cities in Syria, “the frequency of arrests in the United States accelerated from an average rate of just over one per month… to an average rate of over seven per month ...” (ISIS Cases in the United States). Because ISIS took over major cities they were viewed as more of a threat. People became even more afraid of them. That fear made them more determined to find a higher number of ISIS supporters in the United States and put them in prison. In the beginning …show more content…
It started out with a very little amount of people who were in jail for witchcraft. However, as the inhabitants of Salem became more and more afraid of witchcraft and all the things witches seemed to be able to do, the accusations rose. People who would normally be friends falsely accused each other because they were afraid. Another example of fear is that after the “violent attacks that took place in France, Kuwait and Tunisia on June 26… The worry is the United States is next.” (Kelvin Gostola). People in the United States saw what happened to the people in the ISIS attacks and that makes them very afraid that the same thing could happen to them. The same thing happened in The Crucible because “Prior to 1692, there had been rumors of witchcraft in villages neighboring Salem Village and other towns.”(Salem Witch Trials). When Betty wouldn’t wake up and the doctor didn't know why, the residents of Salem automatically thought it was because of witchcraft. That was happening in other villages and fear made them believe the same thing was happening to them. In both the Salem Village and in the United States there was a great amount of false