Journal #6

The act of Blaming someone for something that they did not do, is never ever right. If you are trying to cover up for someone else or even yourself, the lie will come back almost for sure bite you in the bottom. When you blame someone else you get them into trouble and a bad situation that they did not deserve. They had not done anything wrong until you decided to blame them for something. After the blame is placed on them they try and say "It was not me!" But no one ever believes them, because they believe that the accuser, also known as you, blamed the right person who did the crime. And most likely unless you are found out, that person will receive the consequences that were not meant for them, but you. Most of the time when someone blames somebody else they will lie. And once they lie once, it is very easy to keep adding onto the lie and blaming others, or adding to the blame of the person. Then after a while all the lies become too much, and someone will find them out. This is exactly what Abigail is doing in the play, The Crucible, that were are currently reading in class. Sooner or later they townspeople are bound to figure out that she is just throwing out names to take the blame of the crime off her. Abigail will then receive a far worse punishment then she would have received if she would have just confessed in the very beginning. Also, she could have the blood of the accused witches who were hung on her hands, because she had no basis for accusing them in the first place. All in all it is much simpler to just confess and take the consequence, then it is to lie and try and pin the blame on someone else. Trying this will never work, just apologize and take your punishment.