Comparing The Crucible And Hurricane Katrina

The events during The Crucible and Hurricane Katrina both serve to demonstrate that fear can cause a lot of bad decisions and actions to be taken; for example, in The Crucible, the fear of witchcraft led to a lot of people being falsely accused of it, which led to them getting hanged even though they were innocent, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina left a lot of people homeless because of the destruction that it caused, which led to the death of a man who was a victim of the destruction of a man who was a victim of the destruction of to them getting hanged even though they were innocent, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina left a lot of people homeless because of the destruction that it caused, which made a lot of people move away, which lowered

In the article about Hurricane Katrina, it stated, “The population of New Orleans fell from 484,674 before Katrina (April 2000) to an estimated 230,172 after Katrina (July 2006)—a decrease of 254,502 people and a loss of over half of the city’s population." datacenterresearch.org - http://datacenterresearch.org/. This helps support my thesis because New Orleans lost more than half its population because of Hurricane Katrina because of the fear they had that it would happen again. This also connects to the crucible because fear also affected a lot of people, like it did for Hurricane Katrina. The fear of witchcraft got John Proctor wrongfully hanged because he didn't want to confess to something he didn't do. John Proctor said, “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!” (John Proctor, Acts 4). He says this because that's the reason he doesn't want to confess to witchcraft, which would also not have him hanged, but he chooses not to because he doesn't want to ruin his reputation and