Rosalyn Schanzer Witches: The Salem Witch Trials

In Rosalyn Schanzer Witches! the absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem, in Salem, Massachusetts people went into a big rage of accusing people of witchcraft. During the beginning of 1962, two girls were diagnosed with being bewitched. They had bad spasms and their body bent in odd ways. However, the girls were obviously faking, in the trials when the girl stabbed herself, the girls either had grudges or their parents did, and, the kids just wanted to do it for sport. .
While the girls might be really good at acting they slipped in some places. “Like when Goodie Bidder stabbed herself with a knife and blamed it on Sarah Good. Then a boy said that was his knife and he saw her take it when he broke it.” also in the dbq “ Speaking to the afflicted girls, Hath this women hurting you? I never saw these person before…” then it says” they say you bewitched your husband to death. I know nothing of it. I am innocent to a witch. I know not what a witch is.” Argument- This has no proof the girl may have just seen the knife and happened to be stabbed by it later. Well that's not all that true the boy said that she didn't just see it she picked it up. so in that case she clearly brought it with her and stabbed herself.
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In the book it says that “ the accusers were accusing because of grudges or of the sport.” Nothing about this tragedy was inevitable. Only an unfortunate combination of an ongoing frontier war, economic conditions” also there was this” congregational strife, teenage boredom, and personal jealousies can account for the spiraling accusations, trials, and executions that occurred in the spring and summer of 1692.” in an (account of the salem witch trials) Arguments- The kid in their right mind wouldn’t do something like that. Well maybe they would because if like your dad or your family wanted you to do something or forced you to wouldn't you and some people are just