YES! The book is finally over! And I’m pretty sure the whole class has a big sense of relief other than me. The book was very interesting to read along with having it a different kind of book I’ve ever read in my life. Thoughts? Where to begin…the book starting off was very very VERY confusing because of the big vocabulary words. I felt like it was never going to end and I wanted to just give up, throw the book, or possibly burn it. But nope, I worked my way slowly having Google on my side looking up words as I go to understand the book more clearly. Towards the end of the book, I became use to the words and I didn’t really stumble upon them as much. Maybe every chapter I had three or four words in total to look up.
The plot of the story was interesting to me including how a woman cheated on her husband and created adultery with another man. It was also how the child, Pearl, was talking like she was 18 with emotions and thoughts of what a normal child would have. Another interesting thing about her was the fact on why she was isolated with society. A demon child? When I first started reading, that idea was the first thing what made me have to reread several chapters to actually understand it because from all the books I’ve read before in my life, I have never had a situation like this in having a woman’s child growing up way to fast and being a demon spawn because of the weird bizarre self she is and her actions to people in public. It was just confusing for me to imagine this possibility in my head while reading.
Throughout the book though, I think is just was an overall creepy book because of how it includes demons for a child and the black man. In the same boat, Hester committing adultery and put in front of an audience to admire her sin was another abnormal scene included for us to read about. Having Dimmesdale being a pastor and committing adultery too by the end of the novel had me in a big “what?” feeling. Like why would you even do that? YOU’RE A FRIKEN PASTOR. I don’t know, but this book is just plain weird am I right? Out of this whole book, I believe Dimmesdale should be the one to wear the Scarlet Letter because I think just because in his situation and how he is an actual pastor, he should be the one to confess the biggest sin other than Hester. But that’s just for me.
The book as an overall novel is something worth your time to sit and read set aside the big vocabulary words and the unusual plot it has to offer. I personally liked it and would really recommend this book to anyone who would like to read anything that’s different than any other book with a plot that can easily be assumed as an ending.
-Jayven K.
The plot of the story was interesting to me including how a woman cheated on her husband and created adultery with another man. It was also how the child, Pearl, was talking like she was 18 with emotions and thoughts of what a normal child would have. Another interesting thing about her was the fact on why she was isolated with society. A demon child? When I first started reading, that idea was the first thing what made me have to reread several chapters to actually understand it because from all the books I’ve read before in my life, I have never had a situation like this in having a woman’s child growing up way to fast and being a demon spawn because of the weird bizarre self she is and her actions to people in public. It was just confusing for me to imagine this possibility in my head while reading.
Throughout the book though, I think is just was an overall creepy book because of how it includes demons for a child and the black man. In the same boat, Hester committing adultery and put in front of an audience to admire her sin was another abnormal scene included for us to read about. Having Dimmesdale being a pastor and committing adultery too by the end of the novel had me in a big “what?” feeling. Like why would you even do that? YOU’RE A FRIKEN PASTOR. I don’t know, but this book is just plain weird am I right? Out of this whole book, I believe Dimmesdale should be the one to wear the Scarlet Letter because I think just because in his situation and how he is an actual pastor, he should be the one to confess the biggest sin other than Hester. But that’s just for me.
The book as an overall novel is something worth your time to sit and read set aside the big vocabulary words and the unusual plot it has to offer. I personally liked it and would really recommend this book to anyone who would like to read anything that’s different than any other book with a plot that can easily be assumed as an ending.
-Jayven K.