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In //the crucible// when witches were brought up, they caused fear and hysteria in the village of Salem, Massachusetts. The people in the village were convinced that witches were all around them because everyone in the village believed it. Everyone thinking that there were witches, caused the hysteria and irrationality within the village. Hysteria and fear was not only in the village of salem, massachusetts, but also in the world today. For example, when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, it caused major hysteria on the east coast of the United States. Almost 2000 people lost their lives and many others lost their homes and all of their belongings. Hurricane Katrina changed New Orleans because now people are scared to live there in the fear of another hurricane hitting. Another example, that affected less people, but still caused hysteria and fear was when a 13 year old girl got her feet chopped off at Six Flags theme park. media type="custom" key="7332431" align="left"

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This article explains what happened when the 13 year old girl got her legs chopped off. When people heard about this happening, some reacted by saying that they were never going to ride it again because they were scared it would happen to them. It changed a lot of outlooks on Six Flags and rides in general.

Real life reaction interview: Q:How did you react when you heard about it? A:I was suprised and i was wondering what went wrong.

Q:Did it make you not want to ride it? A:No, if something like that happened they are going to make it safer and when you get on a ride your doing it at your own risk.

Q:If you rode it, were you scared of getting your legs cut off? A:No....well maybe a little.

Q:Did it change your outlook on sixflags? A:I don't got o six flags but i go to Cedar Point and i trusted them because I've gone there so many times before.

Q:Did it change your outlook on rides in general? A:No, because I've always known there was a risk for all rides. __ ﻿ __

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This is a video of a kid falling out a two person ride .Even though it was a funny video for youtube, it still made people scared of the ride and sceptical of riding it.

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