The Scarlet Letter : "The Interview"

In the beginning of the chapter, Hawthorne writes about a jailer who actually sympathize Hester and especially her suffering infant. He calls in a practitioner that can help the two with medicines and herbs.The jailer wanted Satan out of Hester because of her odd appearance after her standing trial in the scaffold. A man by the name of Roger Willingworth came in and asked to be alone with Hester in order to get her to confess. Roger and Hester shows actions that give away the true identity of Roger himself. Roger is actually Hester's true husband and the white man who dressed up as a Native American in the crowd during Hester's trial. I am very surprised that Hester chose to drink his medicine because he could've poison her and makes her suffer for her sin. However, like a caring husband he is, Roger gave her a drink that actually mends her "illness," and decided to let her live in order for him to figure out who is the father of Pearl. I sense a major jealousy and great problems coming up in the plot of the story.

The Scarlet Letter : "The Recognition"

Chapter 3 is a very interesting chapter with all the surprising aspects and ideals. The part where a Native American man actually stood in the town of the Puritans, trigger my mind to think that the Puritans and Native Americans are actually allies. Or are they? Maybe the townspeople were too busy looking at Hester Prynne and judging her, that they didn't even notice the present of an Indian in their town. The simile of a snake with the horror shows how pain and misery can sometime get the attention of a person and control their current thought. I find that very true because I faced those time where pain and agony makes me lose conscious and reality. The mysterious white man, who dresses in Native Americans clothing, makes the plot very interesting due to his interests to Hester's public trial. Why is he so interested? It is highly possible that he is the true husband of Hester Prynne because the two actually made deep eye contacts. Even though I did not live during the Puritan era, I do feel relieve for Hester because the magistracy actually are very merciful with the punishments for her sin. She could have been sentence to death or treated with a much horrible punishment. Also, it is very abnormal of how the town let the young clergyman, Mr. Dimmesdale, decides the faith of Hester Prynne. Could the magistracy suspected something with him and trying to pull out the truth with his decisions?

The Scarlet Letter : "The Market-Place"

As the story progresses, I come to realize that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses very complex writings to get his points across the reader's mind. I personally struggle with some of the sentences, and sometime even a paragraph. Mr. Jefferson's warning of the book actually being the hardest book in English Honor 3, is actually becoming real. Not that I ever doubted Mr. Jefferson for his wise and thoughtful knowledge of literature and the English subject itself. Anyway, in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne creates a very ideal way to introduce the main character Hester Prynne. He writes about how she is shun and isolate from the "moral society," but in fact it was the society that is corrupted and cruel. Everyone makes mistake once in a while throughout their life, and the mistake could be majorly wrong, but that doesn't mean that person should be punish through isolation and discrimination from their friends or loved ones. Furthermore, I really like how Hawthorne relates the evil, human-made guillotine with Pyrenne's trial. It creates a better understanding in the readers' minds of how human kind back in the Puritan era can be so quick in misunderstanding and judgmental, to the point where it is despicable and unfair for the good guys. I also really appreciate the facts that Hawthorne describes the plots, characters, settings, and etc. really deeply and imaginative. It helps lead my mind to imaginations and better comprehension of Hawthorne's complex, yet creative writings.