The Crucible Quotes And Analysis

1. Quotation: “And in the Bible it says Thou shalt not kill but there were the Crusades and two world wars and the Gulf War and there were Christians killing people in all of them.” (pg. 29)
Response: I like the characters thought in this quote because it shows a different view of how people break rules but don’t realize that there actually breaking them.
2. Quotation: “When people die they are sometimes put into a coffin, which means that they don’t mix with the earth for a very long time until the wood of the coffin rots.”

“But mother was cremated. This means she was put into a coffin and burned and ground up and turned into ash and smoke.” (pg.33)

Response: This gives a bit of knowledge to the reader about what happens to people after death and what he

More than likely it’s the father who can’t deal with their kid being autistic because they don’t know how to help and care for them, so they leave. In this story it’s the mom and because she left it has brought Christopher and his dad together. If you think it’s sad it’s also good in a way because he has someone there with him. To love and care for him.

6. Quotation: And he said, “I killed Wellington, Christopher.” (pg.20)

Response: I figured towards the middle of the book that his father had killed Wellington. The way his father always got anger when Christopher wanted to figure out who killed him and when Christopher found his mom’s letters to him I thought it was a bit suspicious. Because of the fact he would keep something like that and his physical expressions.

7. Quotation: “father said. We all make mistakes, Christopher. You, me, your mum, everyone. And sometimes they’re really big mistakes. We’re only human. Then he held up his right hand and spread his fingers out in a fan. But I screamed and pushed him backward so that he fell off the bed and onto the floor.”