Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Letter Of Shame ( A)
In the book The Scarlet Letter By: Nathaniel Hawthorne it tells a story about a women named Hester Prynne . Hester committed a crime for adultery and now wears a red A on her breast so her whole community can know what she did. This takes place in the 1640s so women at this time where held at a certain standard they were not as independent as the women today. This was a really big crime back then ( cheating) and Hester had to go to prison for her crime.
Hester really makes me think about the modern world today and how a community of people will judge you. Now in today's world some people commit adultery and even worst, even though society sometimes frowns upon them you don't see people like Kris Jenner wearing an A on her chest or any other person in America.
In the book Hester has flash backs about the "misshapen" man as he is called and everything they been through. Hester will not reveal this man at all not even to the priest.
Hester I feel is strong and will not stop without a fight. I think another women would have just told to get it over with but Hester has loyalty to this "misshapen" man. Hester has to wear the red A her whole life and everybody knows what she have done but think about it what if everybody in the world knew your secrets ?
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