Witch Hunting Vs Witch Hunt

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“A hunter must stalk his prey until the hunter becomes the hunted. Then the prey becomes the predator. Then the predator and the hunter fight.” I will be showing you how child predators are like witches hunting people. My main comparisons will be about the dangers of dating apps, social media serial rapists, and men finding underage girls. I will be using details from “The Crucible” , “The Demons of Salem, With Us Still” to prove that child predators are like witch hunters.
The first comparison is how the dangers of dating apps are like witches hunting, but the predators on the dating apps are men. The article being compared is, “Dating App Dangers”, it is about a man having women meet him somewhere and rapping them. This is just one of the
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One example is, how Proctor and Abigail were together and she is underage, but he did not care. He went behind his wife’s back and broke the law by committing adultery. This affair practically ruined his marriage. Cheating with an underage girl was worth it for him, at first. After his wife found out he realized that he made a dumb mistake, by falling for an underage girl. After Proctor’s wife found out, he cut off all ties with Abigail and his wife fired her. Proctor still likes Abigail but he does not want to ruin his family for her. In real life, some older men like younger girls and some underage girls like older man. It is not right for that to happen, but it does. Then the man will get in a lot of trouble if the government found out what is happening with him and the underage girls. A main point from the Cricible “Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me.” “I have something better than hope, I think.” “Abby, you’ll put it out of mind. I’ll not be comin’ for you more. “You’re surely sportin’ with me.” “ You know me better.” “ I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near! Or did I dream that? It’s she put me out, you cannot pretend it was you. I saw your face when she put me out, and you loved me then and you do now!” (Miller 145). “ The Crucible” quotes show how men just take over the girls feelings and uses them for things. A main point from “The Demons of Salem, With Us Still” “ His Principal changes involved fusing some characters and raising the age of John Proctor accuser, Abigail Willaims, from 11 to 17”(Navasky 215) The quote from The Demons of Salem, With Us Still shows how men go for underage girl and how underage girls go for older

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