The Crucible Individual Vs Individual

To be an individual is more beneficial than conforming to society. Followers allow people to control themselves, but an individual stands for what he believes in. A major difference between a follower and an individual is conformity. Someone who conforms to society follows a group of people and is influenced by everything that group of people does. An individual who doesn’t conform to society is self reliant and courageous. In the article Self Reliance, the author writes, “It may be safely trusted as proportionate and of god issues, so it is faithfully imparted, but God will not have his work made manifest by cowards.” (Emerson pg. 1) Individuals are considered strong people by the example they show to society. Society tries to bring individuals down in every way possible. Those people see the boldness of an individual and want to find anyway possible to bring them down. Individuals who overcome a society's negative influence tend to have very successful careers. This shows that an individuals are more successful in the future than a person who conforms to society.
Putnam states, “This woman must be hanged! She must be taken and hanged.” (Miller pg. 1) Mrs. Putnam’s conformity to what the girls were saying about Tituba influenced the thought of Tituba compacting with the devil. Eventually, Tituba had confessed even though she never compacted with the devil. She didn’t want to lose her life for not confessing. Tituba confessing only made things worse. The girls would accuse many others of compacting with the devil. Those people were either hanged or put in jail. Tituba’s conformity was less beneficial than her being an individual when she could’ve prevented the deaths of many people. Individualism has proven to be more beneficial than conforming to