Final Blog Post.
The torture, I mean wonderful fairy tale that teaches lessons on morals and equality which we all should care about is over, and now we can all thank Ms. Powell for giving us this wonderful book on top of independent reading and vocab quizzes. We all had boatloads of homework and studying to do, but whats better than sitting down and relaxing when we are done with that? Reading The Scarlet was a great way to spend our small moments of peace. I have a question, whoever is reading this ask yourself and post in the comments, what has The Scarlet Letter actually taught you? The main point of The Scarlet Letter was to point out the flaws and how outrageous aspects of the Puritan beliefs were. Hawthorne understood that most people did consider adultery an unpleasant sin, but he saw that Puritans took this belief to the extreme. He used Hester's adultery as a main stage that would branch out to show how the Puritan beliefs would backfire, and in a way it symbolized that Puritans were somewhat 'satanical'. Such as the good Chillingworth that became evil and like a devil, Dimmesdale a cultural icon, soon became corrupted with the sin he campaigned against and tried to cleanse from others. In my point of view, I strongly believe that the progression of the story, was meant to represent the foundation of the Puritans that would without a doubt crumble, but the way the story ended for Hester and Pearl may cause some others to say otherwise. Hester returned to the town, lived her punishment and died, but Pearl became rich and later married. I am confused of why that was even within the story, so I suppose that this represents that even within the dark cave of Puritan beliefs, Hester and Pearl still found their sunlight of happiness. So, an opposing view against my perspective may be, that Hawthorne may have lead the story in the way it was so that we the readers could interpret it for ourselves, as well as to symbolize that as dark and oppressive as Puritan beliefs are, at some point someone will find a gateway to their happiness. All in all, The story was a tough but interesting jungle to venture through because some parts of the story still remain inconclusive. I suppose that is what Hawthorne may have intended to do when he tried to symbolize and express what was wrong with Puritan beliefs. However, I think it would have been more enjoyable if instead of doing blogs, we did seminars as a replacement. I think this would allowed us all to be more personally interactive with one another, and to also get a better outlook on the book.
Jefferson C.
The torture, I mean wonderful fairy tale that teaches lessons on morals and equality which we all should care about is over, and now we can all thank Ms. Powell for giving us this wonderful book on top of independent reading and vocab quizzes. We all had boatloads of homework and studying to do, but whats better than sitting down and relaxing when we are done with that? Reading The Scarlet was a great way to spend our small moments of peace. I have a question, whoever is reading this ask yourself and post in the comments, what has The Scarlet Letter actually taught you? The main point of The Scarlet Letter was to point out the flaws and how outrageous aspects of the Puritan beliefs were. Hawthorne understood that most people did consider adultery an unpleasant sin, but he saw that Puritans took this belief to the extreme. He used Hester's adultery as a main stage that would branch out to show how the Puritan beliefs would backfire, and in a way it symbolized that Puritans were somewhat 'satanical'. Such as the good Chillingworth that became evil and like a devil, Dimmesdale a cultural icon, soon became corrupted with the sin he campaigned against and tried to cleanse from others. In my point of view, I strongly believe that the progression of the story, was meant to represent the foundation of the Puritans that would without a doubt crumble, but the way the story ended for Hester and Pearl may cause some others to say otherwise. Hester returned to the town, lived her punishment and died, but Pearl became rich and later married. I am confused of why that was even within the story, so I suppose that this represents that even within the dark cave of Puritan beliefs, Hester and Pearl still found their sunlight of happiness. So, an opposing view against my perspective may be, that Hawthorne may have lead the story in the way it was so that we the readers could interpret it for ourselves, as well as to symbolize that as dark and oppressive as Puritan beliefs are, at some point someone will find a gateway to their happiness. All in all, The story was a tough but interesting jungle to venture through because some parts of the story still remain inconclusive. I suppose that is what Hawthorne may have intended to do when he tried to symbolize and express what was wrong with Puritan beliefs. However, I think it would have been more enjoyable if instead of doing blogs, we did seminars as a replacement. I think this would allowed us all to be more personally interactive with one another, and to also get a better outlook on the book.
Jefferson C.
While reading the The Scarlet Letter, my perspective of the vocabulary and how the story was progressing could be described by the image. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqTQCC5CcAAbh_I.jpg |