Tale Of Disaster In Salem Analysis

Although the novel “Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem” by Rosalyn Schanzer is an informational text, it exhibits numerous qualities which can be found in literary works. First of all, a characteristic that sets this novel apart from most informational texts is its theme, which is the moral or lesson of the story. A theme is crucial to a literary work because it demonstrates a piece of knowledge that should be acquired after reading the story. Informational texts do not customarily contain themes, for they are written for the sole purpose of presenting information to the reader. A literary work, such as a story, on the other hand, nearly always incorporates a theme because it aids the connection of different parts of the story, such as main events or conflicts, into one lesson which the character and the reader learn as a result of the story. Schanzer’s …show more content…
If people had not just followed along with others, lying and accusing the innocent of witchcraft, in order to escape being accused of being a witch, more people would have thought that the trials were unfair and would have protested against them, therefore causing even more people to come earlier to the decision that the trials should be ended. This would have caused the unjust Salem witch trials to end earlier. All of this evidence shows that the theme of the novel “Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem” is that one should not follow along with what others are doing and thus to not jump on the bandwagon. This theme makes the novel a literary work because it is an important lesson that the characters and the reader learn and it connects the story to one main topic in the way that the reader obtains knowledge from