Scarlet Letter Class Discussion

Today in class we read and talked about Chapter 13-Another View of Hester


Seven years have passed since Pearl was born. The society has gradually accepted Hester's "adultery" history, she has been involving in the community. People no longer view her as a marriage betrayer but a person"who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comfortable to the afflicted!" Moreover, Hester focuses more on her child, Pearl, and tries to establish what is so-called the woman in the society. 

Scarlet Letter Chapters Review

Our group is responsible for chapter 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. We decided to illustrate the chapters by drawings. Since James and David read faster, they read the contexts and summarized them to Enji and me, and then we draw out the image of the settings and stories.

In these chapters, I found it confusing while reading the book. I understand the main themes of it, (the characters position) but not the details (symbolization). As the time goes by, the community has forgiven Hester's sin, and herself is blessed of having Pearl. However, things are not that positive to Dimmesdale who is suffering of being guilty. He even has an A on his chest.

One thing I am wondering is that "rose bush." I read through the chapter, but still not sure about it....