The Other Wes Moore And The Scarlett Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne

Harvey Mackay once said “Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, forget about the ones who don't, and believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it.” If you are given an opportunity or a second chance you should take it and not worry about what the future will hold even if it changes your life, you should let it happen as Wes Moore and Dimmesdale did. Wes was given a chance to turn his life around, even though this decision changed his life, it was all worth it in the end. Worrying about what his future would hold, Dimmesdale did not confess his sin

As Hawthorne and Moore did, writers use diction to convey an important theme. Hawthorne started Hester off as a young woman standing on a scaffold with a baby and a scarlet A on her breast, as the plot went on Hester created her own second chance and began to redeem her sin and was now seen as “kind. . . helpful. . . to. . .afflicted. . . poor. . . sick. . .” (Hawthorne 15). Hawthorne used the words “kind” and “helpful” to express to the reader all of the deeds Hester was doing to redeem herself of her sin. As Hester used her second chance as redeeming her sin, Wes Moore, the Rhodes Scholar and veteran, never gave up on his second shot at military school, leading him to eventually become a “platoon sergeant. . . cadet master sergeant. . . youngest noncommissioned officer in entire corps.” (Moore 115). Moore used these military terms to show how Wes transformed to a responsible, hardworking, respected, and successful man he had become. Using words like “. . . platoon sergeant. . . ” and “. . .helpful. . .Kind. . .” helps convey the theme of second chances in different

Through conflict you’re given second chances, Dimmesdale was given a second chance while upon the scaffold in the town square after his sermon. As Dimmesdale was standing upon the scaffold he urged “Hester. . . come hither. . .come. . . Pearl.” (Hawthorne 248). When urging Pearl and Hester to join him, Dimmesdale redeemed himself of his sin while upon the scaffold a second time. As Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl ascended the scaffold, Chillingworth urged the reverend to not confess and live the rest of his life with this sin “followed. . . drama. . . guilt. . . sorrow. . .” (Hawthorne 248). The conflict between the clergyman and the reverend abled Dimmesdale to finally speak the truth and escape “the old Roger Chillingworth.” Through conflict Dimmesdale was given a second chance to confess his sin, escape Chillingworth’s cruel hands. Wes Moore was given a second chance through the incident with shani “Westley. . . hit. . . face. . . bleeding. . .” (Moore 88). Shortly after Shani had received this punch, Wes was sent to military school allowing Wes to have a second chance at a successful life. Characters are given second chances through