Compare And Contrast Farewell To Manzanar

Fear is an upsetting feeling of distress or anxiety induced by a perceived danger or threat. The Crucible is a play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. This play is a dramatized and partially historically accurate play inspired by the witchcraft hysteria that took place in 1692. The British colonists of Massachusetts were victims of a series of trials, prosecutions, and hearings that eventually led to the wrongful jailing of over one hundred people and the execution of twenty people. Farewell to Manzanar is an autobiography written by a Manzanar camp prisoner, Jeanne Wakatsuki and her husband, James D. Houston. Their autobiography describes the hardships that the Japanese and Japanese Americans faced during World War II. The Japanese were placed into internment camps; therefore, they were unable to betray the United States. In relation to Farewell to Manzanar, there is a video online called “A Trip to Manzanar.” Members of an entertainment and

When Mary Warren, servant to John and Elizabeth Proctor and the oldest accuser in the Salem witch trials, is put on trial to defend John Proctor’s wife, she claims, “You’re the Devil’s man” (The Crucible, Act III, 500). Faced with a life and death situation, Mary Warren accuses John Proctor of aligning himself with the Devil to save herself. Many of the citizens of Salem choose to “confess” to witchcraft and accuse others so that they are able to join the more powerful side in court. In a similar situation, John Proctor cries, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!” (The Crucible, Act III, 288). Proctor claims that he saw the Devil so he will not have to hang for the false accusations of others. However, he quickly changes his decision after realizing that those who lie are condemned in Hell as a sinner. People of all ages are susceptible to the weakness that fear