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Salem Story by Bernard Rosenthal analyzes primary documents in order to explain and understand how the Salem witch trials of 1692 have been mythologized by society. Rosenthal brings the individual, not the community, into the picture in order to break through myth and discover reality. Unlike Boyer and Nissenbaum who studied the factionalism of Salem society, Weisman who said the state perpetuated the actions of 1692, and Godbeer who believed that the people kept the witch craze alive, Rosenthal starts from the bottom up and examines the way that individual stories affected the events of the Salem witchcraft episode of 1692. In order to find reality, the myths about Salem Village must be purged. This is accomplished through studying individual stories and the mythologization of them. By reading Salem story and learning about individual stories it is possible to recreate a more factual account of the events of 1692. But first, there are certain myths that must be purged. There are many examples of myths about Salem Village witchcraft, such as the account of Tituba as the responsible party who was the spark that lit the flames of 1692. Sarah Good can be studied as she was portrayed as an evil old hag, but in reality, at t