The book was written partly in third person, and partly in first person seen through the main character's eyes The extract from the Novel 1984 is centered on where Winston's brutal torture begins. ... The difference in the Crucible is that it was set in a different time and with a different type of system controlling the society. Both had strict laws that were to be followed without question. 1984 was a totalitarian state that was tightly controlled, while Crucible was set in a time of superstition and religious extremism that tightly controlled the day to day choices of life. .....

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• Grade Level: High School

Crucible also means a harsh trial or examination. ... In 1953 The Crucible was attacked as a comparison to the current Senate witch hunts. ... The Crucible was included in schools as a modern classic. ... To avoid being hanged many people in The Crucible confessed to sins they did not commit. ... The Crucible has a narrator, a voice not a character, that tells us about the characters and the action and helps us to understand the moral implications. ...

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• Grade Level: High School