Journal #6- Repercussions

There can be many repercussions to blaming someone for something that they did not do. These would include making enemies of people that were once friends, and normally what goes around comes around.  If you were to steal a cookie from the cookie jar and blamed it on someone else, this could lead to major consequences.  You might be able get away with it for a little while, but eventually the truth could be found out.  The first thing that would be hurt is your own integrity.  It is morally wrong to lie and this would destroy your sense of truthfulness in your own eyes.  A second repercussion that will most definitely affect you in this scenario is that you will lose a friend.  The person on whom you placed the blame will know the truth though no one else does.  This means that they will no longer put the same trust in you that they once did.  Another example of blaming something for what they did not do occurred in The Crucible.  Jealousy led Abigail to lie about people committing witch craft when they really did not.  Most people believed her lies, but Proctor knew the truth.  The repercussions of Abigail's actions lead her to lose her friendship with Proctor and he no longer trusted her at all.  He tried to get the truth out, but no one believed him enough to save him.  Another repercussion that Abigail faced was the possibility of being discovered.  If they townspeople found out that the girls had been lying the entire time, there would be major consequences.   Some sort of repercussion always follows blaming someone for something that they did not do.  Most of the time it only means losing that friend, but the consequences can get much more severe.  As seen in The Crucible, many more problems can arise from just one accusation.