This question deals with The Crucible by Auther MillerWith the definition of crucible in mind, what do you think was created in
the aftermath? OR, what is the new situation America has found itself in? AND, why does Miller desperately want us to be made aware of it? You may use either the Salem Witch Trials as the event or 1950s Second Red Scare/McCarthyism.
This quote means that the person who wrote this quote doesn't think very highly of himself, and he says that what he has accomplished was because of his own hard work.
