Week 4; Final entry
The Scarlet Letter, in my opinion, was kind of disappointing. In the beginning of the book, Hester Prynne, cheats on her husband, Roger Chillingworth, because he basically abandoned her for a couple of years. She ends up getting pregnant with the reverend's child, but he sucks, and kind of shuns her with the rest of the town. Hester endures a lot this whole book. She was thrown in jail pregnant, has a child and raises her on her own, is frowned upon, has to wear a symbol for her shame, has to see the person she loves being tortured/not loving her back, etc. Hester could have maybe done or said something so she didn’t have to suffer so much, but she chose not to. Hester is a really tough character, but in my opinion made herself suffer too much. She just took all the blame upon herself, even if it wasn’t all her fault. What she did was “bad,” in the Puritan society, but they were just taking it to the next level. As if the Puritans being tough on her wasn’t enough, Hester was also pretty hard on herself. Around the end of the book, when Hester and Pearl leave, Hester comes back without Pearl, and still wears the letter A on her clothes. She didn’t have to do that, she could’ve just stayed with Pearl somewhere else, and forget about the town, but she didn’t. She knew her punishment and stuck with it for some reason. On top of all of this, Hester is alone. Pearl stayed behind and got married, and might have had children, and found happiness. While Hester, has nothing. Her old flame died shortly after the man she really loved died also, and Pearl was grown and living her life, the townspeople didn’t really talk to her, so really, all Hester had was her letter A. Hester was fine with this though, she didn’t mind making baby clothes for Pearl’s children in her cottage. She accepted her punishment and carried on her life. I spent the whole book reading about how Hester was a cheater and everyone hated her, but she only committed the sin out of love and what not, just to have the person she “loved,” 1) not love her back, 2) only tell people, right when he’s about to die, and 3) be too much of a coward to tell her his true feelings, he kinda hinted at it by never being sure he wanted to do something with her. Hester gave up a lot of things for the people she loved, but she mainly gave up her happiness to make sure Pearl and Dimmesdale were protected and well. She could’ve been “selfish,” and do something for herself, she had a lot of opportunities to do so, but loved them so much she couldn’t bring herself to do so. I think this book was okay (kind of interesting), but I don’t think I would read it again or recommend it to others because the plot dragged on and it got pretty boring in some parts.
-Daisy Araiza
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The Scarlet Letter, in my opinion, was kind of disappointing. In the beginning of the book, Hester Prynne, cheats on her husband, Roger Chillingworth, because he basically abandoned her for a couple of years. She ends up getting pregnant with the reverend's child, but he sucks, and kind of shuns her with the rest of the town. Hester endures a lot this whole book. She was thrown in jail pregnant, has a child and raises her on her own, is frowned upon, has to wear a symbol for her shame, has to see the person she loves being tortured/not loving her back, etc. Hester could have maybe done or said something so she didn’t have to suffer so much, but she chose not to. Hester is a really tough character, but in my opinion made herself suffer too much. She just took all the blame upon herself, even if it wasn’t all her fault. What she did was “bad,” in the Puritan society, but they were just taking it to the next level. As if the Puritans being tough on her wasn’t enough, Hester was also pretty hard on herself. Around the end of the book, when Hester and Pearl leave, Hester comes back without Pearl, and still wears the letter A on her clothes. She didn’t have to do that, she could’ve just stayed with Pearl somewhere else, and forget about the town, but she didn’t. She knew her punishment and stuck with it for some reason. On top of all of this, Hester is alone. Pearl stayed behind and got married, and might have had children, and found happiness. While Hester, has nothing. Her old flame died shortly after the man she really loved died also, and Pearl was grown and living her life, the townspeople didn’t really talk to her, so really, all Hester had was her letter A. Hester was fine with this though, she didn’t mind making baby clothes for Pearl’s children in her cottage. She accepted her punishment and carried on her life. I spent the whole book reading about how Hester was a cheater and everyone hated her, but she only committed the sin out of love and what not, just to have the person she “loved,” 1) not love her back, 2) only tell people, right when he’s about to die, and 3) be too much of a coward to tell her his true feelings, he kinda hinted at it by never being sure he wanted to do something with her. Hester gave up a lot of things for the people she loved, but she mainly gave up her happiness to make sure Pearl and Dimmesdale were protected and well. She could’ve been “selfish,” and do something for herself, she had a lot of opportunities to do so, but loved them so much she couldn’t bring herself to do so. I think this book was okay (kind of interesting), but I don’t think I would read it again or recommend it to others because the plot dragged on and it got pretty boring in some parts.
-Daisy Araiza
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