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This book is written by Arthur Miller in 1953. It had came from a play called the crucible. There are 4 main characters in the book named john proctor, danforth, abigail and elizabeth. They trying to protect their reputations. Everybody else kinda do, you can say. But they have to pay for what they did. Its a witch trail.

Late one night they were kids playing in the woods. They was doing the stuff that has to do with witches. Betty faints in fright at being discovered, and will not wake up. Rumors of witchcraft spread through the town and a crowd gathers at Parris's house while Parris is nervous about his reputation. They asked questions Abigail about what the girls were doing in the forest. Abigail says they were just dancing, though

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