Just a little over two thirds of the way through The Scarlet Letter, and there are many things still developing, which make me really like this book. To start off from where my last post ends, the relationship between two characters, a minister and a doctor, illuminate topics that relate back to the main character, Hester. This is so interesting, and such an intricate skill that Nathaniel Hawthorn possesses. The minister of whom I speak is Dimmesdale, and he is beginning to touch upon some of the issues that we studied in class relating to sin and the religious and moral beliefs, which relate back to evil. Such connections are truly intriguing to me, and are one aspect of this book that keep me hooked on it.
Things are beginning to change for Hester, and although she is still ridiculed and shunned in society, she is begging to become ever so slightly accepted back into the society over time. However, the most important thing that I am noticing about this book are the secrets being revealed to the reader. A period of seven years has past, and the book is exposing the secrets of the characters, mainly things that happened to them those seven years ago. It is very interesting to see what will happen, and the storyline keeps unfolding in unexpected ways, yet somehow in a predictable manner.
Reggy has pretty much summed up the plot line as of now, and I am interested just as much as she is to see what is going to happen next!
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