Reverend Hale came to Salem hoping to prove himself as a witch expert, but began to doubt as he questioned innocent people like John and Elizabeth Proctor who showed no signs of witchcraft. When questioning locals, they also insisted that the accused were good people. Hale started to realize that innocent people had been hanged with no solid evidence beyond accusations. The narrator's sister discovered the tooth fairy was not real when she woke up and saw their father trading a tooth for money in an attempt to keep up the ruse, sealing her disillusionment.