Act1+Quiz

1.) Mrs.Putnam's actions can be compared to America's as a whole conclusions about what lays behind 9/11. No one knew exactly what the cause was, other than terrorism, which lead everyone to start pointing fingers. George W. Bush tried to make it clear that it was Middle East terrorists, this being compared to Mrs.Putnam's irrational behavoir saying that the mid-wives were witches killing her newborns. So, everyone was paranoid as to who was a terrorist, causing distrust between everyone. Mrs.Putnam did the same to everyone else in Salem, when she accused people of being witches, because then no one knew who might possibly be a witch.

2.) Parris trying to save himself is just like Bush trying to save himself. Parris made allegations, just like Bush did that got themselves both into problems. Bush said that they wanted to move in on the Middle East because of allegations that they had nuclear weapons. So, he tried to save face once the war became out of hand (Which it still is). This is an act of human nature trying to find a scapegoat for their own problems they do not want to face.