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Modern Times: How Perception Changes Over Time

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One topic brought up in the discussion was how perception changes over time. With the example of fire, fire used to be essential to survival back during the time of cavemen. In modern times, we have electricity and heaters so we take fire for granted. This idea can be connected to witchcraft because the way we view something changes based on our moral values and how we live. After doing background research about puritans the first time I read the book, I understood that Puritans placed a high value upon hard work, their religion, and living a honest and pure life so that they will be saved; however I never really connected their lifestyle to their belief in witchcraft. Now I understand that the reason the witch trials were so successful was
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