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The Crucible Diary Entries John Proctor
Dear Diary, Sinning is bad, definitely not allowed here in Salem. Well, I have committed a very bad sin a couple of days ago. John Proctor, a married man. I should be very sorry for this sin I had committed and regret it, but I just can’t. I love John Proctor, and I know he loves me, deep down in his heart. Who has asked me to meet him at the barn? John Proctor. Why else would he do it if he hadn’t loved me? September 1st was when it had first happened. While working at the Proctor home for about three months now, Elizabeth Proctor has gotten a sickness. Whilst she was lying down, resting, I decided to read. As I was reading, John Proctor had come up behind me, bent down as he breathed in my ear. This was such a big surprise; I jumped and fell …show more content…
My mother and father had some news; another baby is on the way. Hearing that you’re going to be a bigger sister, I was quite scared that mother and father would not love me much anymore. Telling them how I felt, I thought would get me into trouble and make them very upset. So, I acted happy for them. All they would talk about was the baby. One day I got very angry at them because of that. All that anger just shot out of me, I yelled what I really felt. What I didn’t want to come out earlier came out. I had told them I hated the baby and that I felt that it was going to ruin everything. I broke into tears after hearing what I had just said. My father had picked me up while carrying me to mother, not angry like I thought they’d be. They held me whilst mother saying, “No one can replace you, Abigail, we love you dearly.” And “Nothing will change, even when the baby will come.” father told me. After that talk, I grew to love the fact that I am going to be a big sister. My parents had talked to me until bedtime came around, then they had taken me to bed, tucked me in and kissed me goodnight. “Goodnight, our sweet darling; we love you so

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