It is not always easy to lead your own path. Especially when fear is a factor that is greatly involved. In the story The Crucible a period of time occured known as the witch trials. In the time False accusations of citizens involved with satan lead to many hangings of innocent people. The reasoning for so many deaths was the involvement of so many lies. Each person played part in a domino effect. When one lie was told another followed. In doing so this caused a mass build up of lies resulted in the catastrophe of the salem town. These behaviors are very similar to those that take part in groups that are known as cults. individuals and drawn in to groups of such and basically have their minds wiped and reprogrammed. what happens in these reprograms is that the individual is taught to submit to the groups desires. This connects to the crucible in that when one girl of the group submitted to Abigail's all of the rest did.