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The Crucible Essay About Teenage Girls

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Just like the characters of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, I have also been in the middle of a few feuds. When I started middle school, I would often hang out with a large group of girls, and we were all good friends; for the most part. One thing that I have noticed throughout my life is that teenage girls are notorious for fighting for foolish reasons. At the beginning there used to be six of us. It was me, Amelia, Laurel, Hayden, Mary, and LeeAnne. We got along nicely, but only when LeeAnne wasn’t around; she was unusually antagonistic. She and Mary were cousins, meaning they knew each other the most, but Mary disliked her and we didn’t know why. It started at Amelia’s thirteenth birthday party. We were trying to watch a movie together, but LeeAnne would not stop complaining about her mom. During that time I got a call, and when I went back into the room, her and …show more content…

Hayden and Amelia had cut contact with Laurel and me, Mary became distant, and a girl named Alyssa joined our group. Alyssa had a cool personality and a way with boys. At the beginning of the year, she met someone named Johnny, who she fell quickly in love with. Johnny, however, was unfaithful, but I was the only person to notice this. Laurel had a thing for Johnny even though he was with Alyssa, and he thought it was okay to be with both. Alyssa found out a week later about their secret relationship when she caught the other two kissing in the hallway. Johnny later cut things off with Laurel, leaving her in the dust. This occurrence reminds me of the affair between John Proctor and Abigail. Abigail, like Laurel, is aware that Proctor is in a committed relationship, but her attraction to him keeps her from accepting the fact. The two of them had many romantic moments until the point where Proctor decided to cut things off. He denies any relationship between them, but Abigail still loves him, and tension is

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