What did you learn about reverend samuel parris from the crucible?

(1) He's the minister of Salem’s church.

(2) Reverend Parris is a paranoid, power-hungry, yet oddly self-pitying figure. (3)Many of the townsfolk, especially John Proctor, dislike him,

(4) Parris is very concerned with building his position in the community

i would like to compare these two interpretations of the crucible : 1) eric christ's interretation and wade bradford's interpretation. the main differences between there interretaions is that in the first one you can notice direct link to joseph mccarthy whereas the second one represents how the town is filled with hysteria.the second interpretation shows that author believes that the story   about puritan town in salem is based on actual events while the first example shows the sencible reference to sort of bias.