In our history books, people say that the Salem witch trials were a psychological event: mob mentality. But how true is that statement? Are the Salem witch trials really the best example? Probably not.      The Salem witch trials started when girls in the area started “acting strange” and blaming their neighbors, calling them witches who cursed the girls. Many of the parents took the girls to be diagnosed by doctors who informed their government of what was happening to these

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Jonathan Swift, author of Gulliver’s Travels, wrote this book to be sarcastic. It’s supposed to shed light on issues of the human condition in ridiculous ways. Book I is focused on one of Gulliver’s many different journeys. This journey is when he met the Lilliputians.      In part I of discussing Gulliver’s Travels , we discuss how Gulliver came to be with the Lilliputians and what their kingdom is like. In chapters 4-8, Gulliver is freed from the Lilliputians' captivity und