Editorial about Major Issues

Gillett 1

Davis Gillett

Mr. Casteel

English CP III

Period: 4

3 December 2013

Hungarian Revolution

            As the Soviets marched into Hungary after the removal of the Hungarian leader panic was brought upon the Hungarians throughout their country. Soviets marched in there with no mercy arresting and killing thousands of innocent Hungarians ripping them from their everyday lives. The Soviets did this out of force killing and making Hungarians join their side because the soviets knew the Hungarians had no one to help them. This relates to the Crucible because just like the Hungarians, innocent people in the Crucible were ripped away from their everyday lives because they were being accused of something that was untrue. In the Crucible the court is acting like Soviets through power “a person is either with this court or he must be counted against it, there be no road between” (Miller 1142). This ties back to how the Hungarians had a choice either to join the Soviet army or be killed in battle by the Soviets. This did not leave many Hungarians a choice at all. “Now we cannot hope the witch will accuse herself; granted? Therefore, we must rely upon her victims - and they do testify, the children certainly do testify” (Miller 1144). This relates to how innocent children were being accused of witchcraft and being sentenced to death just like how the Hungarians were being killed for not joining the soviets side. This was wrong for the Soviets to come into a peaceful country where the locals did nothing wrong and enslaving them into their Soviet army.