Imagine being judged for the choices you make. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls and The Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry the characters in these three novels search for independence under unfortunate circumstances. This results in difficult decision making situations that they are later judged for. However, Hester confronts her sin, the Younger family moves into a white neighborhood house and the Wall’s kids move away from their abusive parents. In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is seen as a disgrace for the town. The “A” on Hester’s chest forces her to feel like she has no independence, since she is not seen like a typical person; she does not feel like she …show more content…
The parents of Lori, Jeannette, Brian and Maureen are irresponsible. The kids have grown up without independence because they have been stuck in a life they did not choose. Sometimes it is hard for their parents to provide food and shelter for them. Their parents always say they are moving again, and the kids cannot do anything about it, but accept it. However, what their parents did teach them, was how to be smart people. Education has always been an important aspect for their parents and the kids turned out very intelligent. As the kids grew up, they realized they disliked the way their parents raised them. They started to argue with their parents and would tell them how they felt. Unfortunately the parents did not listen and instead ignore them. From there It only got worse, the fights got more physically abusive. When Lori, Jeannette and Brian were finally old enough they moved to New York to go to college. The kids found their independence by making their own lives. They were and they felt free from their parents. Although they liked their freedom they still felt it was morally right to keep in touch with …show more content…
Before the Younger family received the check, the family was going through a financial hardship. Their views toward independence were dreadful. They saw no future; They were at the verge of tearing apart. However, when the family receives the check, it seems to have doomed them more. Everyone in the family has their own dream, they wish to accomplish that dream with the check. Unfortunately the check will not be enough for everyone. As a result of disagreement, Mama decides to buy a house in a white neighborhood with the money. The owner of the neighborhood tries to convince the family that they are better off living somewhere else, because of their unwanted race. Even though they know they will not be accepted there, they still want to move to the white neighborhood for the better of the family. Once the family packs their things and are ready to go, they feel free. The family does not allow society’s views of skin color, to affect their decisions because they now know they have the right to be free. Overall, all three novels portray the theme of independence. In The Scarlet Letter, Hester gets rid of her punishment. In The Glass Castle, The Walls kids move away from their parents. Lastly, in The Raisin in the Sun, the family moves into a white neighborhood despite neighbors thoughts. We learn that it is not comfortable and not fair to
Jeannette has two siblings as of now, her younger brother Brian, and her older sister Lori, these two always seemed to have stuck with each other. For example, when they were traveling from San Francisco to Phoenix Jeannette fell out of the back seat and onto the road, if it weren't for Brian and Lori's screaming then the parents would have not known because they didn't
The kids love their parents for who they are but sometimes are embarrassed by their parent's actions. After being in dangerous situations, and dealing with their parents not being responsible they realize
As the crowd watches, Hester Prynn, holding an infant, walks down from the prison door and makes her way to the scaffold, where she is to be publicly condemned. Both The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible were intended to teach and instruct through didactic texts. The authors conveyed this through bringing attention to specific details and the decisions of the characters in their writing. Three lessons that were included in both the play and the novel were the overcoming of the stereotypes and bias of characters in The Scarlet Letter, the corruption of not only the ones who govern, but also susceptible to even the common citizens in The Crucible, and the perspective of faith and morality of the characters in the story who determine good versus evil through irony. First in The Scarlet Letter, we were taught by Hawthorne about overcoming the initial stereotypes and biases of specific characters in the novel including himself.
In The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne goes against the ideals of the Puritan community by using topics, such as: adultery, hypocrisy, and revenge. Hawthorne uses Hester’s life and the people in her life to showcase each of these subjects and how much they can affect someone’s life. First, Hawthorne goes against the community by using the scandal between Hester and Dimmesdale and their adultery in order to challenge their Puritan way of life. “‘I fear! I fear!
The characters in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, are quite complex and can be onerous. After reading from other sources about Hester Prynne and Pearl; I soon began to understand them a bit better. The way they acted, spoke, decisions and choices that were made. It became easier to understand what influenced these choices or decisions.
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne reveals a lot about the human condition. A theme that is consistently expressed throughout this novel is the drastic effect of committing a sin, or something that is considered immoral in society. Specifically the book focuses on how secrets can weigh on a person’s mental state and lead to a heavy toll on their daily livelihoods. Hester Prynne, and Arthur Dimmesdale both have to pay a hefty price for the toll that keeping secrets has caused and that is what the novel reveals about the human condition.
To begin, Nathaniel Hawthorne utilizes pathos throughout his writing to imprint the importance of individual conscience into the reader 's mind. Hawthorne begins the book by having the reader pity the main character, Hester Prynne, as she is a young, husbandless, mother in a society that shames her for her unfortunate circumstances: “haughty as her demeanor was, she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her, as if her heart had been flung in the street for them all to spurn and trample upon” (Hawthorne, 53). The consistent misfortune of Prynne evokes emotion in the reader and stresses the weight of her decisions. Prynne manages her way through such a hostile society -“Happy are you, Hester, that wear the scarlet letter openly on your bosom” (Hawthorne, 188)- in a way that is metaphorically applicable to the real world, allowing the reader to truly connect and understand the character for who they are.
but she refused to be oppressed by the restrictions of her punishment in regards to her personal liberty. Hester was ostracized by her community yet she was able to find the strength to continue to be a part of the community and raise her daughter. The colony believed that by doing these things to Hester she would break under pressure but she persevered and found online freedom through the embroidery of the scarlet letter. In conclusion all three novels provide valuable lessons. Each and every one representing a different aspect of our developing society.
This is a good example of how this is a very unusual and different life than most people would live. Not many people can relate to, or even fathom the experiences that the Walls family had to live through, living place to place, paycheck to
But once they move to Welch, we see a more neglectful and destructive parenting style. Both Rex and Rosemary start to ignore the kids, asking them to fend for themselves and each other. This leads to both Lori and Jeannette having to help and almost manage the other two children. But in the long run, this may not have been a bad idea because it strengthened both of their independence. More and more we see this, as the Walls parents put the children in bad situations, they struggle, but eventually fix the situation and learn valuable lessons.
Julie went after a deadbeat boyfriend; Gary resorted to masterbation and lonliness; and Helen tried to keep her family together while also looking for a new man, but always ends up being a scumbag. Nathan’s family seems like a normal family until you realize what is actually going one. The problem is that Nathan focuses too much on Patty, their daughter than Susan. Susan copes by trying to divorce Nathan and his un-attentiveness to her while Nathan makes a fool out of himself to keep her. Finally, Grandpa and Larry.
Secondly, the separation of their parents really solidifies the dysfunctionality in their home. Lastly, encouraging lying to children is another reason why this family is severely dysfunctional. From here on out, the explanation
Amanda Vicente The Scarlet Letter Reading Response AP English Language Period J 16 August 2016 Journal Entry 1: Chapters 1-2 In The Scarlet Letter, the author sets a mood from the beginning of the book. The setting is old and beat up in front of an aged wooden prison with judgmental Puritans ready to tear a women apart. The Puritans are hypocrites and the author portrays that in the story.
Even though the Puritans may have designated the letter as a representation of sin, Hester’s renewed sense of pride does not want society to define the A for her. Rather Hester wants to define it herself and by doing so she develops responsibility and power over her own actions. Because Hester has the power to change who she is, she also has the power to change what the Scarlet Letter represents. By letting the letter be “embroidered with gold thread” readers are able to see how for Hester sin is not something to be fearful of; furthermore, it allows one to see how Hester has developed into an independent individual who accepts who she is and the situation she is presented with. Hester’s lover unfortunately
The Scarlet Letter is a romantic novel by Hawthorne Nathaniel. The novel is set at the time of Romanticism in America in the 17th century. The setting is Boston and the Puritan community. The Puritans are very intolerant of others, very strict and they have highly religious believes. One of the protagonists of the novel is Hester Prynne, who commits an adultery sin and society punished her by wearing a letter “A” and her daughter Pearl who is more a “living” symbol acts as a constant reminder of Hester and her father’s sin.