War explored in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, “The Minister's Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and The Leap towards the freedom of Kasenkina “Now, every road and highway... were littered with the corpses of human beings and animals... the wounded were left for dead. The children were running frantically, screaming for their mothers… there was no food, water, soap, or medical supplies. As if polluted water became a carrier of disease (Kasenkina 93). This is a typical war scene depicted in literary works. In literature, war is a very common but important topic and it is usually demonstrated in plays, short stories and novels. Literary works in which war is featured include: The Crucible by Arthur Miller, "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, and Leap to Freedom by Kasenkina. In these literary works, war is presented as a horrible event that always has harmful physical and psychological consequences. In many literary works, including those mentioned above, the good results of war are distorted and suppressed by the bad results of war. To begin with, in Arthur Miller's The Crucible, there was a war between neighbors. This literary work strongly demonstrated the physically and psychologically difficult results, while the good results were moderate. “…Think of it now, it is a thing deep and dark as an abyss (Kinsella 1251). In this statement, Giles was talking about how people don't get along and accuse each other of witchcraft. This is an introduction to the harsh physical consequences of people being tortured until they confess to being involved in witchcraft, even if they are not. Then if it is "proven" that they are witches but middle of paper the good results of the war and stop describing it as a horrible event because the war brings out many great qualities in people . either by making them fight for what they believe is right, or by simply making them learn more about others and themselves. Works Cited Kasenkina, Oksana Stepanovna. Jump to freedom. Philadelphia: JB Lippincott, 1949. Print. Kinsella, Kate et.al. The Crucible. Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2002. 1233-334. Print.Kinsella, Kate et.al. "The Minister's Black Veil." Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2002. 336-48. Print.Kinsella, Kate et.al. “The story of an hour.” Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2002. 634-38. Print.