Hester kissing Pearl. The main thing in this picture would be the Scarlet Letter.
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This is so late! My apologies Ms. Powell!
Week 4:
Now that the book is over, I can say that this was the most outrageous book I have ever read. Yet it was one of the plot twisting book I read. Which is good because plot twisters are always a plus. It all started with a sin. Hester sinned with a man that was not her husband. After a few chapters of the book, there were hints that the mystery man of whom Hester sinned with was Dimmesdale. And her husband that was thought dead, was Chillingworth. He was the town's doctor. He pieced together and figured out it was also Dimmesdale. What is really ironic is that Dimmesdale is Priest! The child that Hester had was a girl named Pearl. She was thought of strange and peculiar. Hester lived mostly in shame, abandonment, and love (for her daughter.) The town people made her go on to a scaffold to let everyone see her. The people give her shame, and Hester becomes shameful, yet she is not shameful? She enjoys the attention yet hates it. Hester is a very confusing character in the story. But one thing that is clear is that she has love for her daughter, Pearl. Chillingworth lived for revenge on Dimmesdale. I don’t blame him though. Someone slept with his wife, revenge is not a bad option. He also got to torture Dimmesdale when he was sick. Which was a little, crazy and wicked. Everything in this story is ironic because Chillingworth and Dimmesdale became close friends. Dimmesdale lived with his guilt. Dimmesdale’s guilt of not stepping up and telling everyone that he was the man that sinned with Hester. It was killing him. (not literally, maybe.) And Pearl was just a weird child, fascinated by the scarlet letter Hester wore upon her bosom. All of these characters interacted at least once during the story. I am not going to go into detail about what happened, but the story is very detailed. The ending of the Scarlet Letter was not what I was expecting. I was expecting that Hester and Pearl would go off to live some place far, far away and never return to the town. But Pearl goes and marries a very rich man and Hester returns home. What really got me was how Pearl sends letters to her mother. I always knew she was a special kid. Anyways, about how Dimmesdale died. Who in the world dies right after they finally own up to what they have done? Well, Dimmesdale. But anyways, his way of being dying is quite hysterical and ironic. It made me frustrated because, well, he died before he could face the punishment of the town people. And also it was humorous because he died the way he did. Now, about Chillingworth, his death was in a way, understandable. He did not have any purpose to live on (since his only reason to live was to get revenge on Dimmesdale. But Dimmesdale died.) so he had no will to live anymore. Hence him dying. Overall, the book was alright. But I will never read it again… A book to be read only once.
-Alysa Nguyen
Week 4:
Now that the book is over, I can say that this was the most outrageous book I have ever read. Yet it was one of the plot twisting book I read. Which is good because plot twisters are always a plus. It all started with a sin. Hester sinned with a man that was not her husband. After a few chapters of the book, there were hints that the mystery man of whom Hester sinned with was Dimmesdale. And her husband that was thought dead, was Chillingworth. He was the town's doctor. He pieced together and figured out it was also Dimmesdale. What is really ironic is that Dimmesdale is Priest! The child that Hester had was a girl named Pearl. She was thought of strange and peculiar. Hester lived mostly in shame, abandonment, and love (for her daughter.) The town people made her go on to a scaffold to let everyone see her. The people give her shame, and Hester becomes shameful, yet she is not shameful? She enjoys the attention yet hates it. Hester is a very confusing character in the story. But one thing that is clear is that she has love for her daughter, Pearl. Chillingworth lived for revenge on Dimmesdale. I don’t blame him though. Someone slept with his wife, revenge is not a bad option. He also got to torture Dimmesdale when he was sick. Which was a little, crazy and wicked. Everything in this story is ironic because Chillingworth and Dimmesdale became close friends. Dimmesdale lived with his guilt. Dimmesdale’s guilt of not stepping up and telling everyone that he was the man that sinned with Hester. It was killing him. (not literally, maybe.) And Pearl was just a weird child, fascinated by the scarlet letter Hester wore upon her bosom. All of these characters interacted at least once during the story. I am not going to go into detail about what happened, but the story is very detailed. The ending of the Scarlet Letter was not what I was expecting. I was expecting that Hester and Pearl would go off to live some place far, far away and never return to the town. But Pearl goes and marries a very rich man and Hester returns home. What really got me was how Pearl sends letters to her mother. I always knew she was a special kid. Anyways, about how Dimmesdale died. Who in the world dies right after they finally own up to what they have done? Well, Dimmesdale. But anyways, his way of being dying is quite hysterical and ironic. It made me frustrated because, well, he died before he could face the punishment of the town people. And also it was humorous because he died the way he did. Now, about Chillingworth, his death was in a way, understandable. He did not have any purpose to live on (since his only reason to live was to get revenge on Dimmesdale. But Dimmesdale died.) so he had no will to live anymore. Hence him dying. Overall, the book was alright. But I will never read it again… A book to be read only once.
-Alysa Nguyen