The Witch of Blackbird Pond Can you imagine walking around with a big white collar, a tall black hat, brown dress, brown shoes and buckles all over? Well I sure can not. The Witch of Blackbird Pond written by Elizabeth George Speare is a novel which takes place in Wethersfield Connecticut during the 1600’s in a Puritan village. The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a novel written about a girl named Katherine Tyler who comes …showed first 75 words of 1119 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1119 total…and especially not be educated. Lastly, punishment then was unbearable. People’s lives in prison now seem like royalty compared to that of men and women who have been punished during the 1600’s . We as people take so many things for granted. We do not realize what we have and what we have the ability to have in the present or the future. Every once in a while people should stop to smell the roses.