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....
Howl vs. Leafs of Grass 5/18/11
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The major shocking similarity I see almost immediately is that the
formatting is very much the same in both of these works. It gives an
initial idea, and t...
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I have been a part of many discussions about the rose bush. I have heard many opinions; my opinion is that the rose bush represents something positive and moral wherever we see one appear. It is to remind us of the beauty of our lives, while the thorns remind us of the rough edges each human being has. I don't think that we can read much more than that into the rose bush. As for Dimmesdale, he told us early in the book that it would be horrible to go through life unable to deal with sin openly. He further explains his dilemma when he talks to Chillingworth, explaining that it may be that a man wants to do God's work, but cannot if he lays his black sin out for all to see. Having committed the sin, he sees no way out of his pain. Obviously it is killing him.
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