What Are The Similarities Between The Crucible And Japanese Internment Camps

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The Crucible and the internment of Japanese citizens during WWII both hurt innocent people. They both suffered for things they did not even do. Japanese-Americans were forced to live in prison camps, and some characters from The Crucible were accused of witchcraft that were not actually guilty. The U.S relocated Japanese to internment camps after Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. They didn’t know if any of them were spies or helping Japan so they played it safe and put all Japanese citizens in internment camps. The Japanese were not happy about this at all. Many of the Japanese- Americans had lived in America for several generations. They worked so hard to get everything they own and he government tells them they have to sell it all and live in an …show more content…

Some people practiced witchcraft and most people ended up getting accused. It was not fair to them that they get accused just because some people in the same town actually practiced witchcraft. “Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!”- John Proctor (Miller, Arthur). This quote from Proctor is him trying to decide whether or not to give in and not be hanged or to tell the truth. He is being accused of something he did not even do and it is putting his life at risk. “You misunderstand, sir; I cannot pardon these when twelve are already hanged for the same crime. It is not just.”-Danforth (Miller, Arthur). This quote shows how unfair everything is. Danforth has been imprisoning people that are not even guilty. Proctor was the protagonist who ended up losing his life for something he didn’t even do. He was accused of witchcraft and refused to confess so they had him hanged. There were also many people thrown in jail by Danforth before that were not even proven

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