wow, I actually made it through the whole book. *claps for myself*. So the Scarlet Letter was such an obnoxious book but there is always a brightside or one might say advantage to everything. Hawthorne opened up my eyes to see how little the mistake is, it'll cause great havoc. Hester commuting adultery and having to wear the Scarlet Letter upon her chest created a huge deal on the Puritan society and created so much, so many dilemmas within Dimmesdale's life span, or as long has she's know him. Yes, it was also Dimmesdale's fault as well but he wasn't man enough to claim up to being the father of Pearl. Hester has a great advantage at her hands by controlling the keeping of Dimmesdale's identity but she was actually loyal and kept her word and this was all because she loved him. Love seems to be powerful in the novel. One might thing that she's not loyal at all but one has to think that Chillingworth did leave her for so many years, like what was she supposed to do? Sit there and wait around for him to come back, who knew when the guy would show up again. Chillingworth being the husband of Hester, he shouldn't have left so he also has fault in this who chaotic situation. If he loved her as much as he said he did then you would've made effort to see to her. In the end they both die. Well, all three of them die boring deaths. They were so dull. Chillingworth dies because he has nothing to live for anymore, he was devoted to making Dimmesdale's life a living hell and with Dimmesdale dead and gone he is bored and finds no reason to live anymore. I find it pointless that Hawthorne ended his novel like this, where Hester ends up lonely and still wearing the Scarlet letter. I did find interest in the idea of Pearl inheriting all of Chillingworth’s money and becoming rich. Hawthorne created and introduced her in the beginning as a weird, and an overall odd character making her somewhat of an outcast, then as the novel progressed she grew and basically made it through it all and became the best one with an outcome. I also liked how she still remembered her mother, and sent her Knick knacks and luxury goods. Although, Hester didn't open them, not even touch them and basically let them collect dust, it was the thought that counts. She always kept her mother in mind and didn't ditch her, this is what's makes Pearl an amazing character. Honestly at first I thought she was weird but she grew on to me, she made great impressions on some towards the end of the novel. One might agree with this and others might disagree. This whole novel is full of what if's. Like what if Hester did come up and say that Dimmesdale was the father or what if Pearl did it since she had a sense that he was her father. Like the plot would dramatically different. If the puritans weren't so cruel to Hester she wouldn't have as much pride as she does. It was such a pro that Hester always kept her pride and never denied her child. Despite what the people would say about her or her daughter she would care and wouldn't let it get to her. Only if Hester didn't have Chillingworth to ruin what she had with Dimmesdale, she probably would've been happy and lived somewhat happily ever after with him. It may seem to one that she didn't have love for Chillingworth anymore. The way she thought of Dimmesdale was with so much fairy tale dreams and not much of that was mentioned or included Chillingworth. The issue of the novel was Chillingworth. Yeah, Hester made the mistake of adultery with Dimmesdale but all would've ended happy for them both if Chilling wasn't there to demolish what they have. Despite all these negative events throughout the novel, pearl, who was the sin child, the child of Hester Prynne made it out great. Honestly she did, she could be what her mother wanted to be, maybe not but that is still Hester Prynne's daughter and that's what matters the most because Hester wasn't the most successful woman in this novel. Pearl is truly a great price.
-Jaime Torres (week 4) final blog post.
-Jaime Torres (week 4) final blog post.