A strange thing happened to me last week. I was just leaving the Holyoke Mall
after buying a pair of Tommy Hilfiger jeans. It was the first time I had ever bough a
Hilfiger item but for some reason I really wanted to. My boyfriend was driving home and
I began to doze off while reading my copy of Witches and Historians.
All of a sudden I woke up and found myself in a strange place. I got out of bed,
walked outside and saw a bunch of people who looked like Puritans standing around
arguing. I couldn't really hear them but I caught a few words like "witch" and "disease"
and "burn". Right then I realized where I was. It was 1692 and I was in Salem, MA. I
had just read about the Salem witch trials so I was well aware of the horrible events which
I struggled with myself as to what to do. On the one hand, I did not feel it was my
job to change history. On the other hand, I could not let innocent women be burned at the
stake. I knew then what I must do. That day I planned what I would say and do to help
the "witches" of Salem. In the evening, there was a town meeting in which they discussed
what to do about the witches. I waited and listened and then it was my turn to speak.
"They say hindsight is 20/20 . Being from the 21rst century I have all the hindsight
I need to see that witches are nothing more than scapegoats. You Puritans must realize
that those who you have labeled 'witches' and believe are destroying your society, are
really nothing more than people the you have come to blame for things that they never
"When you have no way of explaining a tragic death or illness you blame the
witches. On what grounds do you make these accusations?" There was no response. "I
know and will demonstrate to you Puritans that you must stop this cruelty. Science can
explain most of the problems that you blame you...