Colleen Rowley
Colleen is the main character and lives in the present time of this novel. She lives in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a senior at St. Joan's, and is very intelligent. Colleen is aiming for valedictorian and also wishes to attend Harvard after high school. She witnesses the first case of the mystery illness in her history class. Colleen is the one who ends up connecting the play "The Crucible" to what is currently happening to the students at St. Joan's.
Ann Putnam
Ann is the other main character and lives in the past time of the novel, or in "The Crucible". She lives in the past Danvers, Salem Village. At this time, many women were accused of being witches, and Ann is one of them. Ann babysits two girls who act strange and have strange symptoms. The children claim that Ann is the one who forced them to bite people and made them see demons in their dreams. They say that Ann made a contract with the devil and is a witch. Ann herself know that none of this is true, so she wonders what is causing the girls to be this way.
Colleen is the main character and lives in the present time of this novel. She lives in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a senior at St. Joan's, and is very intelligent. Colleen is aiming for valedictorian and also wishes to attend Harvard after high school. She witnesses the first case of the mystery illness in her history class. Colleen is the one who ends up connecting the play "The Crucible" to what is currently happening to the students at St. Joan's.
Ann Putnam
Ann is the other main character and lives in the past time of the novel, or in "The Crucible". She lives in the past Danvers, Salem Village. At this time, many women were accused of being witches, and Ann is one of them. Ann babysits two girls who act strange and have strange symptoms. The children claim that Ann is the one who forced them to bite people and made them see demons in their dreams. They say that Ann made a contract with the devil and is a witch. Ann herself know that none of this is true, so she wonders what is causing the girls to be this way.