Hello All,
This is another book that I was forced to read for Cambridge English (just like To Kill A Mockingbird). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is well worth a read, but I think that it would be better if people read it for their own amusement. I was supposed to read it and analyse it and think really deep about how the book ties into the world today which kind of sucked the fun out of it. There's Cambridge for you.
It's about the Salem Witch Trials which happened at Puritanical Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1600's I think. I won't spoil the story but it's about these idiotic bunch of teenage girls who make a silly mistake and then lie to cover it up, however those lies cost the lives of many innocent people.
Delving deeper into it, the book really shows how the minds of people work, and how lies keep getting bigger and the basic personality of people as a whole. It's very realistic. Also, Arthur Miller (who was accused of McCarthyism) wrote this book in an effort to show the public how the McCarthyism hunts were very similar to the Salem Witch Hunts. It shows the lengths people will go to to protect their name, reputation, their loved ones etc.
By the way, it's a play, so it's set out the way a normal play is set out. This is fun because you can get your friends to be different characters and read it out as if you're acting it out. We did this in English, but everyone was doing it in their normal voices which was kind of boring - so I decided to do my character (John Proctor) in an Indian accent which set up this trend. (I think the different accents we got after that were: German, French, Australian, Chinese, British, American and others)
Anyway, quite a riveting read that I thoroughly enjoyed.
4 stars from me
This is another book that I was forced to read for Cambridge English (just like To Kill A Mockingbird). The Crucible by Arthur Miller is well worth a read, but I think that it would be better if people read it for their own amusement. I was supposed to read it and analyse it and think really deep about how the book ties into the world today which kind of sucked the fun out of it. There's Cambridge for you.
It's about the Salem Witch Trials which happened at Puritanical Salem, Massachusetts, in the 1600's I think. I won't spoil the story but it's about these idiotic bunch of teenage girls who make a silly mistake and then lie to cover it up, however those lies cost the lives of many innocent people.
Delving deeper into it, the book really shows how the minds of people work, and how lies keep getting bigger and the basic personality of people as a whole. It's very realistic. Also, Arthur Miller (who was accused of McCarthyism) wrote this book in an effort to show the public how the McCarthyism hunts were very similar to the Salem Witch Hunts. It shows the lengths people will go to to protect their name, reputation, their loved ones etc.
By the way, it's a play, so it's set out the way a normal play is set out. This is fun because you can get your friends to be different characters and read it out as if you're acting it out. We did this in English, but everyone was doing it in their normal voices which was kind of boring - so I decided to do my character (John Proctor) in an Indian accent which set up this trend. (I think the different accents we got after that were: German, French, Australian, Chinese, British, American and others)
Anyway, quite a riveting read that I thoroughly enjoyed.
4 stars from me
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