The Scarlet Letter : One of my favorite books
If you are currently reading this book and have any questions or need help understanding part of it, please do not hesitate to contact me.. :)
I just finished reading the novel The Scarlet Letter, and here are a few of my opinions.
At first, I felt reluctant towards reading the book, thinking that it would be another one of those dreaded books we analyze in English class. Chapter 1 of the book is rather difficult to understand, not only due to its sophisticated vocabulary, but also because of Hawthorne's use of rich, descriptive imagery, symbolism, and other literary devices, which at first glance, might appear extremely confusing to the average reader. Yet, as I continued to read the next chapters, I felt more comfortable and I began to understand it quite well.
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One of the things I like about the book is its lack of long, wordy physical descriptions of the minor characters. I think that the way characters look is not something too important in many novels. For example, does it really matter if a man who meets the major character have blue eyes or brown eyes? or is 7 feet tall or 4 feet tall? In the case of this novel, Hawthorne only descriptively illustrates his major characters--- Pearl, Dimmesdale, Chillingworth, and the sinful Hester--- and does not spend too much time describing less important characters. :thumbs_up
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One of the things I do not like about the book is its combination of events that appear to be so real and events that appear to be so planned and fake. For example, towards the middle of the novel, Pearl appears to have a spiritual union with the animals of the forest and she appears to enlighten them. I think that events such as these harm the quality of his work. It is true that good writers use events such as this one because they provide a theme or good imagery or symbolism. But Hawthorne's story appears so real, as real that it could have happened in real life, that little events such as these make his novel have the same made-up quality of cartoons. :mad: :mad:
But, overall I really enjoyed reading this book. Its content is fabulous, although sprinkled with unnecessary events such as the one above. And I
as I already mentioned, the book is filled with confusing words; "big" words. But this should not be a barrier for the reader, since the context helps him understand the meaning of the words.
If you are currently reading this book and have any questions or need help understanding part of it, please do not hesitate to contact me.. :)
i have to do a dialectical journal
can anyone help? i have to do a dialectical journal of the first 7 chapters. i have to get 10 quotes from each chapter and analyze them.
Please could sue some help
i know 8 of them 10 quotes that my teacher gave me
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1- Like all that pertain to crime it seemd never to habe known a youthful era. Before this ugly edifice and between it adn the wheel-track of hte street was a grass polot overgornw with burdok pigweed and apple peru and such unsightly vegetation which evidently foung something congenial in teh soil that had so early borne the black flower of civilized society a prison
2-I found them gorwing on a grave which boe no tombstone nor other memorial of the dead man save these ugly weeds that have taken apon themselves to keep in rememberance. t hey grew our of his heart adn typify...some hideosu secret hat was buried with him adn whuch he had done better to confess during his lifetime.
if someone would interpet those that would be sooooooooo appreaciated
The Scarlet Latter Questioin???
Hi, my name is Brittany. I have a few questions concerning "The Scarlet Letter." I do not understand it completely? So I have a few questions to ask you about it??? If you could please email me at: [email protected] I really need your help. So please contact me as soon as possible. Thank you! God Bless!::confused:
