By reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, I hope to learn more about life, and punsihments, in the Puritan times. From reading the summary of this book, I expect that this book will illustrate the strict and simple lifestyles led by the Puritans.
Reggy has some very similar thoughts on this as I do:
I chose this book because I am interested in getting to know the Puritan community, their punishments, and how they treated others who had committed sin. I have not read anything about this topic, that is why I am so interested in starting to read about it.
I also hope that I will be able to make some connections from this book with the things that we studied in class about evil.
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October 16th, 2006 at 10:02 am
[…] First, although his initial entry is on the short side, I like what JJ did–he quoted and responded to one of Reggy’s posts, which is exactly why I’m keeping the list of who’s reading what. I’m trying to facilitate this kind of dialogue, and I trust that everyone will participate. […]
October 24th, 2006 at 4:05 pm
I don’t want to give anything away if you haven’t read as far as I have but you’re definately right in that this book shows the extent in which the Puritans punished sinners in their societies and how this sinners were seen as outcasts. As you read on, you will see that there is some definate connections between what we’ve learned in class about evil and this book.
HAVE FUN READING!!!