Answer:
Are you talking about the book with the with the salem witches, and john proctor and the other character, and the people who think the girls are witches and all that?
Cuz I read that book already and i might be able to help u
People turn against each other when they are frightened, because they are afraid they will be accused of something they didn't do.
or
People turn against each other when they are frightened, because they're frightened of being accused as witches when they are not.
Either or...
The first one is in general
The second is is mainly for the book
Counterclaim
People turn against each other when they are frightened because they want to. This counterclaim is not correct because 1. it doesn't answer the question correctly, and because it is false. People dont turn against each other when they are frightened, they do it for a reason.
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