The Absolutely True Tale Of Disaster In Salem By Rosalyn Schanzer

In Rosalyn Schanzer’s Witches! The Absolutely True Tale of Disaster in Salem, people are worried of witches from the “Invisible world” to Salem. Everyone went crazy after the two girls got “bewitched” and started accusing people. Many died for no good reason because the accusations were all made up. The accusations were basically like the plague, one person does one thing then everyone does it. These false accusations were influenced by Parris and Putnam for revenge, and out of greed and blind trust. Parris and Putnam seeked revenge in the witch trials. “First was the firewood promised in his contract with the Salem Village church (there was hardly any left)” (38), Parris want revenge because he was unheeded and didn’t get the firewood that was promised to him. “Second, he was promised pay (there wasn’t any)” (38), Parris was also angry because he got no pay. After he got no pay he said that the men who were wealthy made a tax to support the pay, he said they were not pious men. “Burroughs had headed for Maine after two grave misfortunes befell him in Salem: first, his wife died, and then he got into a bitter dispute with the Putnam family over a debt he owed for her funeral expenses” (104), Putnam seeked revenge against Burroughs because of a debt he

“Second, he was promised pay (there wasn’t any)” (38), Parris was rapt about his pay. “ A church committee of wealthy merchants and landholders in Salem Village disapproved of Reverend Parris and had just voted down a tax that was supposed to provide the money” (38), Reverend Parris was very fervent about the new taxes and wanted his money fast. “Burroughs had headed for Maine after two grave misfortunes befell him in Salem: first, his wife died, and then he got into a bitter dispute with the Putnam family over a debt he owed for her funeral expenses” (104), the Putnam family was greedy about how Burroughs didn’t pay the debt. Burroughs was then killed by the