In today's society, many people create a crime and hope not to get caught: not because of the consequences but because they are fearful of the severity of the consequences. Their first thoughts when committing a crime are mostly along the lines of other people will never catch them. The guilt then ceases for a split second, then crawls back towards them, reminding them that they are indeed caught the moment they did the crime. The Crucible is exactly that and more, going over many people’s stories of guilt, conspiracies, and the evasion of punishment. It portrays the stories and thoughts of “what if”, and shows the reader just what happens when a person is under the control of fear, guilt, and rumors. It also goes over people going to extreme
