Victor Jimenez Period 3- Honors 9 English 15 October 2007 Scarlet Letter Quotes and Responses
Pgs.3-14 5 October 2007 #1-“In my native town of Salem, at the head of what, half a century ago, in the days of old King Derby, was a bustling wharf,-but which is now burdened with decayed wooden warehouses, and exhibits few or no symptoms of commercial life, except, perhaps a bark…” (Hawthorne, 4)
I think this certain excerpt from the book shows how Salem changed in the course of story until this time. As “him” I mean the author or the person narrating this story. Salem was supposedly very busy, and now is just nothing other than quiet.
#2-“Nither the front nor the back entrance of the Custom House opens on the road to Paradise.”(Hawthorne)
This quote from the book interested me because this guy is telling us that the Custom House is not a good place to go to if you want to retire and go to Paradise. .
Pgs.15-26 5 October 2007 #1-“There is one likeness, without which my gallery of Custom House portraits would be strangely incomplete; but which comparatively few opportunities for observation enable me to sketch only in the merest outline. It is that of the Collector, our gallant old General.” (Hawthorne, 21)
This certain person, The collector, is apparently an important part in this Custom House. The narrator says that his whole thing would not be complete without thus certain guy. He is very important.
#2-“ There was one thing that much aided me in renewing and re-creating the stalwart soldier of the Niagara Frontier,-the man of true and simple energy.”(Hawthorne, 25)
I think that this quote, like all others, is very detailed. I picked it for that reason. I could have picked others but this one just really interested me so I chose it to show how detailed it was and its complex thought.
Pgs.#27-38 6 October 2007 #1-“This rag of scarlet cloth,- for time and wear and a sacrilegious moth had reduced it to little other shape of a letter. It was a capital letter A.”(Hawthorne, 33)
This quote is actually the part when I realized the whole point of the introduction tying to the story. It is what the story is all about. Now when I read the story I think about the introduction.
#2-“I happened to place it on my breast. It seemed to me,-- the reader may smile, but must not doubt my word,-- it seemed to me, then, that I experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet almost so, as of burning heat; and as if the letter were not of red cloth but, red hot iron. I shuddered, and involuntarily let it fall upon the floor.”(Hawthorne, 34)
When I read this, I thought of the letter there as a bad sign. It foreshadowed some kind of punishment or sin, maybe death. This person probably felt this sense of punishment too because he dropped it to the floor because of the sensation he got.
Pgs.#39-50 6 October 2007 #1-“The life of the Custom House lies like a dream behind me. The old Inspector,--who, by the by, I…”(Hawthorne, 47)
This quote confirms that this man now lives a simple lifestyle and worked in the Custom House a long time ago and now when he tries to remember, it’s all a dream.
#2-“A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments, and gray, steeple-crowded hats, intermixed with women…”(Hawthorne, 49)
Already, this first sentence of the actual book suggests the gloomy and sad feeling that is in this book. It gave the sad gray feeling you may get at a funeral. It just gives you a bad sensation.
Pgs.# 51-62 7 October 2007 #1-“The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into sunshine, the grim and grisly presence of…”(Hawthorne, 54)
This whole detailed exit of this person got me into thinking of the bad that was going to happen. It was like suspense or in like a movie where someone is going to come out. I wanted to find out.
#2-“The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect elegance on a large scale. She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had the impressiveness belonging to marked brow and deep black eyes.”(Hawthorne, 55)
This first description of Hester Prynne really gave off a lot about her. You can already tell she committed some kind of crime, which she was punished for. This description also gave me the sense that she was quiet or very calm.
Pgs.# 63-74 7 October 2007 #1-“A writhing horror twisted itself across his features, like a snake gliding swiftly over them, making one little pause, with all its wreathed intervolutions in open sight.” (Hawthorne, 63)
This certain figure watching Hester reminded me of punishment because of the dark way in which he was described. His face held a mean look of pain and his figure looked at Hester with hate.
#2-“Never!” replied Hester Prynne, looking, not at Mr. Wilson, but into the deep and troubled eyes of the younger clergymen”(Hawthorne, 71)
I guess this just tells us that Hester was determined not to tell anyone of who she had an affair with. This man would probably suffer a similar punishment. She might also not want people to know because it might cause a conspiracy in the community.
Pgs.#75-86 8 October 2007 #1-“Nay from the moment when we came down the old church steps together, a married pair, I might have beheld the bale-fire of that scarlet letter blazing at the end of our path!”(Hawthorne, 77)
Probably because we pulled it out in class, but this did interest me because this is the pain of Hester’s husband and why he felt sad coming back and seeing his wife as a criminal.
#2-“Misshapen from my birth-hour, how could I delude myself with the idea that intellectual gifts might veil physical deformity in a younger girl’s fantasy”(Hawthorne, 77)
This part made me sad to read. This man was very sad because he was deformed from birth and he would never had thought of this woman marrying him but she did. Now he feels the same because she has cheated on him.
Pgs. #87-98 9 October 2007 #1-“In this manner, Hester Prynne came to have a part to perform the world with her native energy of character, and rare capacity, it could not entirely cast her off,” (Hawthorne, 87)
Hester Prynne was secluded from the rest of the world but she did fit in somewhere sewing things for her town. She was seclude but not entirely exiled but just there hanging off.
#2-“But she named the infant “Pearl,” as being of great price,--purchased with all she had,--her mother’s only treasure!”(Hawthorne, 92)
Hester Prynne named her daughter “Pearl” because she was like a precious pearl. She was like a diamond or pearl she never had. She was the only one in her life. Pearl was the world to her.
Pgs.#99-110 10 October 2007 #1-“Tell me! Tell me!” repeated Pearl, no longer seriously, but laughing, and capering about the floor. “It is thou that must tell me!”(Hawthorne, 102)
Pearl is not a well-behaved girl. She is rude and violent. She does not believe she has a heavenly father. She wants her mom to tell her whom she came from. She is not sure and mad.
#2-“It had reached her ears that, that there was a design on the part of some of the leading inhabitants, cherishing the more rigid order of principles in religion and government, to deprive her of her child.” (Hawthorne, 103)
I think it was good to see that Hester would not let them take her child. She would do anything to keep her. Her child was the only one to keep her company and she wanted to keep her and raise her herself.
Pgs.#111-122 12 October 2007 “ Well said, again!” cried good Mr. Wilson. “I feared the woman had no better thought than to make a mountebank of her child!”(Hawthorne, 118)
All these government officials think that Hester Prynne will make something bad out of Pearl, her only child, they fear her for the letter that is seared on her bosom. They do not want the child to be like her.
Silly Victor xD I've been done, so here ya' go! Mr. Linky: http://jso18.blogspot.com/ (Yes, I do give inanimate objects/ideas a name. Was it...personification?)
mrs. bosch itz on my blog yadadameen! yo itz on N crakin! lol. May i please correct mine and submit it again by friday since i didn't understand you correctly? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssseeeeeee
1. pg 135 (Chillingworth tries to find out who Pearls father is.)
He is really curious to find out who the father of Pearl is. He sneaks around and tries to find clues and other sorts of things. When he finds out who it is he plans to torture him and mess with him a lot. He really doesn’t like him already even though he doesn’t know who it is. He is sure to find out who the father is.
2. pgs. 138-140 (Chillingworth thinks that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl)
He is trying to find evidence to prove that Pearls father is Dimmesdale. He is very suspicious and is sure that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl. He asks lots of questions and does a lot to find out if he is right about Dimmesdale.
3. pgs. 145-148 (Dimmesdale is Pearls father)
Dimmesdale is going to get into lots of trouble if people in the town find out that he is the father of Pearl. He will lose his job and be banished and tortured. So he really needs to watch his back to make sure he doesn’t get caught.
4. pgs. 145-150 (Chillingworth starts to torture Dimmesdale.)
Chillingworth is starting to mess with Dimmesdale. He is waiting for everyone to find out it was him and he wants him to get into lots of trouble. Chillingworth is making a big deal about it and is really trying to start trouble. I don’t think it’s going to work the way he wants it to but I still think that Dimmesdale is going to get into trouble.
5. pgs. 152-158 (Pearl turns 7 years old.)
Pearl is now old enough to see everything that is going on around her. She sees what people are saying and what is happening. She also is starting to ask questions about her mom. I feel bad for her because she has to listen to all the drama that is going around about her family. She didn’t do anything and is getting blamed for it.
6. pg 164 (Chillingworth made people believe that Satan took Dimmesdale’s gloves the returned them.)
Chillingworth is trying to make people not like Dimmesdale. Satan didn’t really take his gloves. It’s just a stupid little prank that Chillingworth is trying to pull on Dimmesdale.
7. pgs. 168-174 (Hester isn’t hated by the town anymore)
People in the town are starting to realize that it wasn’t that big of a deal and that she is a strong woman for putting up with all the trouble she had to go through. She never gave up or told who the father of Pearl is. She just took all the blame to herself. She knew that Chillingworth would lose all he had for it and so she just kept quiet.
8. pgs. 174-185 (The meaning of the “A” changed.)
The ‘A’ now means able, because she was able to go through all the trouble herself and stay strong the whole time. She never told or gave up. She just kept living her life day by day, accepting all the punishment even though she could’ve just put it off onto Dimmesdale.
9. pgs. 185-190 (Hester is some what taking blame for Dimmesdale)
She is trying to stand up for Dimmesdale. She knows that he will lose everything he has if the town finds out that he is the father of Pearl. She is doing him a big favor. She is a strong woman and is just trying to help him out. She doesn’t want anymore trouble to come then what already has.
10. pgs. 190-194 (Hester hates Chillingworth)
Hester finally realizes what a jerk Chillingworth is. She notices what a prick he really his and how he is setting Dimmesdale up and torturing him. So she hates him with a passion. I think that is good because he is mean and she should hate him for all the things he is doing to Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is just trying to start trouble for no reason.
11. pgs. 190-195 (Pearl wants to know what the “A” stands for)
Hester doesn’t really know what to think of this. She doesn’t tell Pearl the whole story. She is just realizes how much she has grown up and that she needs to be careful so pearl doesn’t end up not liking her mom or dad.
12. pgs. 190-196 (Hester says the “A” is the mark of the black man)
Hester doesn’t tell her the whole story because she is afraid of what might happen if Pearl knows everything that happened and that’s going on. It might start problems within the family and that wouldn’t be good.
Hi Mrs. Bosh this is Romald. I am all done with my journal. Have a bless rest of the day. http://ronaldwilliams2.blogspot.com http://ronaldwilliams1.blogspot.com
I am, also done with my {♥} Bloggies {♥} =) Link: http://jso18.blogspot.com/2007_10_24_archive.html -That link leads directly to that last, specific post. Have a good evening =)
“He loves thee, my little Pearl, and loves they mother too.” (p. 221)
I think this is a time in her life where she’s actually happy. This really caught me off guard, because I didn’t know that he loved them. Either that, or she only thinks that she knows that he loves them, when he really doesn’t. Or she could maybe be lying to Pearl to give her false hope. Still, I think she really believes that he really loves them, and this could be the only time (before the scarlet letter was placed upon her) that she was truly happy.
“She ransacked her conscience” (p. 229)
I feel this is a humorous but effective way to describe what happen. When I read this I thought that she physically actually ransacked her conscience. I just felt this was a really good description of how she felt. It actually gave me an image in my head of what her heart must have been feeling.
“Other plebeian inhabitants of the town…” (p. 236)
Since the beginning, I’ve been having trouble with the vocabulary in the book, but I feel my vocabulary has gotten better, and I can understand this book more and more. However this sentence here, I had no idea what it meant. This is the first time I needed to look up a word and not able to just use context clues to find out what it means since the beginning of the book. This proves how vast Nathaniel’s vocabulary is, he can use colorful words, and he has a lot of them.
“…no Merry Andrew…” (p. 241)
This is a really funny simile/idiom/saying—if it is one. This is in one of those really long sentences, so I’m having slight difficulties (using the word “slight” lightly) reading and understanding. However, I think this is a saying they used back then. I think it’s really funny that they would use a name as common as “Andrew” in it.
“He that is in peril from these sour old Puritan rulers!” (p. 245)
This shows that not everybody likes the Puritan ways, even though they live there. It shows that some people rebel, and don’t like them, even though they all grew up with them there and they all are accustomed to them. Or, it could mean that they just don’t always put up with it. It shows somebody can’t be “perfect” all the time. It also hints that the Puritan ways are slowly fading, and eventually may even fade away.
“Fie, woman, fie!” (p. 252)
I find the word “fie” really humorous. I didn’t know what it meant, so I looked in the dictionary for the definition, but it wasn’t in there. From that information, I can use the context clues to make an inference that it means something to express outrage, like “no!”, or something similar. I can also assume, that since it wasn’t in the dictionary, it’s not an often used word, or that it’s archaic and is no longer used.
“That final word came forth with the minister’s expiring breath” (p. 267)
Could it be that the minister is DYING!? How could that be. He was nice (more nice then others) to Pearl and Hester. An important character like that is dying, and will probably end up dying. I think this is something really important, and says that something has ended, and has a deep meaning to it.
“ON A FIELD, SABLE, THE LETTER A, GULES” (p. 274)
The end of the book. This ending is really confusing. It’s not exactly a happy ending (far from). I guess I’m just used to happy endings, but this is a really grim ending. It answered a lot of questions that were left to answer while reading the book, but left many others yet to be answer, like what will eventually happen to Hester, etc. The ending statement
I posted my last part of the Journal on here and not my blog. I always have trouble logging in, so I'll just post it here and deal with the other part tomorrow!
27 comments:
Hello Mrs. Bosch! I finished all my paragraphs for my journal.
Me am done with my journal. Purposely grammatically incorrect.
I am finish with my Blog Mrs. Boch
I already sent you one before.
http://ronaldwilliams1.blogspot.com
I dont know if i did it right!!!!!
Victor Jimenez
Period 3- Honors 9 English
15 October 2007
Scarlet Letter Quotes and Responses
Pgs.3-14 5 October 2007
#1-“In my native town of Salem, at the head of what,
half a century ago, in the days of old King Derby,
was a bustling wharf,-but which is now burdened with
decayed wooden warehouses, and exhibits few or
no symptoms of commercial life, except, perhaps a bark…” (Hawthorne, 4)
I think this certain excerpt from the book shows how Salem changed in the course of story until this time. As “him” I mean the author or the person narrating this story. Salem was supposedly very busy, and now is just nothing other than quiet.
#2-“Nither the front nor the back
entrance of the Custom House opens on the road
to Paradise.”(Hawthorne)
This quote from the book interested me because this guy is telling us that the Custom House is not a good place to go to if you want to retire and go to Paradise. .
Pgs.15-26 5 October 2007
#1-“There is one likeness, without which my gallery of
Custom House portraits would be strangely
incomplete; but which comparatively few
opportunities for observation enable me to sketch
only in the merest outline. It is that of the Collector,
our gallant old General.” (Hawthorne, 21)
This certain person, The collector, is apparently an important part in this Custom House. The narrator says that his whole thing would not be complete without thus certain guy. He is very important.
#2-“ There was one thing that much aided me in
renewing and re-creating the stalwart soldier of the
Niagara Frontier,-the man of true and simple energy.”(Hawthorne, 25)
I think that this quote, like all others, is very detailed. I picked it for that reason. I could have picked others but this one just really interested me so I chose it to show how detailed it was and its complex thought.
Pgs.#27-38 6 October 2007
#1-“This rag of scarlet cloth,- for time and wear
and a sacrilegious moth had reduced it to little other
shape of a letter. It was a capital letter A.”(Hawthorne, 33)
This quote is actually the part when I realized the whole point of the introduction tying to the story. It is what the story is all about. Now when I read the story I think about the introduction.
#2-“I happened to place it on my breast. It
seemed to me,-- the reader may smile, but must not
doubt my word,-- it seemed to me, then, that I
experienced a sensation not altogether physical, yet
almost so, as of burning heat; and as if the letter were
not of red cloth but, red hot iron. I shuddered, and
involuntarily let it fall upon the floor.”(Hawthorne, 34)
When I read this, I thought of the letter there as a bad sign. It foreshadowed some kind of punishment or sin, maybe death. This person probably felt this sense of punishment too because he dropped it to the floor because of the sensation he got.
Pgs.#39-50 6 October 2007
#1-“The life of the Custom House lies like a dream
behind me. The old Inspector,--who, by the by, I…”(Hawthorne, 47)
This quote confirms that this man now lives a simple lifestyle and worked in the Custom House a long time ago and now when he tries to remember, it’s all a dream.
#2-“A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments,
and gray, steeple-crowded hats, intermixed with
women…”(Hawthorne, 49)
Already, this first sentence of the actual book suggests the gloomy and sad feeling that is in this book. It gave the sad gray feeling you may get at a funeral. It just gives you a bad sensation.
Pgs.# 51-62 7 October 2007
#1-“The door of the jail being flung open from within,
there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow
emerging into sunshine, the grim and grisly presence of…”(Hawthorne, 54)
This whole detailed exit of this person got me into thinking of the bad that was going to happen. It was like suspense or in like a movie where someone is going to come out. I wanted to find out.
#2-“The young woman was tall, with a figure of perfect
elegance on a large scale. She had dark and abundant
hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a
gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from
regularity of feature and richness of complexion, had
the impressiveness belonging to marked brow and
deep black eyes.”(Hawthorne, 55)
This first description of Hester Prynne really gave off a lot about her. You can already tell she committed some kind of crime, which she was punished for. This description also gave me the sense that she was quiet or very calm.
Pgs.# 63-74 7 October 2007
#1-“A writhing horror twisted itself across his features,
like a snake gliding swiftly over them, making one
little pause, with all its wreathed intervolutions in
open sight.” (Hawthorne, 63)
This certain figure watching Hester reminded me of punishment because of the dark way in which he was described. His face held a mean look of pain and his figure looked at Hester with hate.
#2-“Never!” replied Hester Prynne, looking, not at Mr.
Wilson, but into the deep and troubled eyes of the
younger clergymen”(Hawthorne, 71)
I guess this just tells us that Hester was determined not to tell anyone of who she had an affair with. This man would probably suffer a similar punishment. She might also not want people to know because it might cause a conspiracy in the community.
Pgs.#75-86 8 October 2007
#1-“Nay from the moment
when we came down the old church steps together, a
married pair, I might have beheld the bale-fire of that
scarlet letter blazing at the end of our path!”(Hawthorne, 77)
Probably because we pulled it out in class, but this did interest me because this is the pain of Hester’s husband and why he felt sad coming back and seeing his wife as a criminal.
#2-“Misshapen from my birth-hour, how
could I delude myself with the idea that intellectual
gifts might veil physical deformity in a younger girl’s fantasy”(Hawthorne, 77)
This part made me sad to read. This man was very sad because he was deformed from birth and he would never had thought of this woman marrying him but she did. Now he feels the same because she has cheated on him.
Pgs. #87-98 9 October 2007
#1-“In this manner, Hester Prynne came to have a part
to perform the world with her native energy of
character, and rare capacity, it could not entirely
cast her off,” (Hawthorne, 87)
Hester Prynne was secluded from the rest of the world but she did fit in somewhere sewing things for her town. She was seclude but not entirely exiled but just there hanging off.
#2-“But she named the infant “Pearl,” as
being of great price,--purchased with all she had,--her
mother’s only treasure!”(Hawthorne, 92)
Hester Prynne named her daughter “Pearl” because she was like a precious pearl. She was like a diamond or pearl she never had. She was the only one in her life. Pearl was the world to her.
Pgs.#99-110 10 October 2007
#1-“Tell me! Tell me!” repeated Pearl, no longer
seriously, but laughing, and capering about the floor.
“It is thou that must tell me!”(Hawthorne, 102)
Pearl is not a well-behaved girl. She is rude and violent. She does not believe she has a heavenly father. She wants her mom to tell her whom she came from. She is not sure and mad.
#2-“It had reached her ears that, that there was
a design on the part of some of the leading inhabitants,
cherishing the more rigid order of principles in religion
and government, to deprive her of her child.” (Hawthorne, 103)
I think it was good to see that Hester would not let them take her child. She would do anything to keep her. Her child was the only one to keep her company and she wanted to keep her and raise her herself.
Pgs.#111-122 12 October 2007
“ Well said, again!” cried good Mr. Wilson. “I feared
the woman had no better thought than to make a
mountebank of her child!”(Hawthorne, 118)
All these government officials think that Hester Prynne will make something bad out of Pearl, her only child, they fear her for the letter that is seared on her bosom. They do not want the child to be like her.
ok now i know i did it right...please dlete my comment and go look at mine...srry about that.
-Victor
Silly Victor xD
I've been done, so here ya' go!
Mr. Linky: http://jso18.blogspot.com/
(Yes, I do give inanimate objects/ideas a name. Was it...personification?)
Mrs. Bosch I made a new blog. and posted my journal on it. This is Christine Dauz by the way.
mrs. bosch itz on my blog yadadameen! yo itz on N crakin! lol. May i please correct mine and submit it again by friday since i didn't understand you correctly? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssssseeeeeee
im just lyke heka bored so i'ma leave ya another comment. lol. c u 2marrow! holler back!!! ;)
I finished the Journal for pages 143-219!
Mr. Linky:http://jso18.blogspot.com/2007_10_22_archive.html
xD
Sierra Santos
10-22-07
Per. 3
Journal
1. pg 135 (Chillingworth tries to find out who Pearls father is.)
He is really curious to find out who the father of Pearl is. He sneaks around and tries to find clues and other sorts of things. When he finds out who it is he plans to torture him and mess with him a lot. He really doesn’t like him already even though he doesn’t know who it is. He is sure to find out who the father is.
2. pgs. 138-140 (Chillingworth thinks that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl)
He is trying to find evidence to prove that Pearls father is Dimmesdale. He is very suspicious and is sure that Dimmesdale is the father of Pearl. He asks lots of questions and does a lot to find out if he is right about Dimmesdale.
3. pgs. 145-148 (Dimmesdale is Pearls father)
Dimmesdale is going to get into lots of trouble if people in the town find out that he is the father of Pearl. He will lose his job and be banished and tortured. So he really needs to watch his back to make sure he doesn’t get caught.
4. pgs. 145-150 (Chillingworth starts to torture Dimmesdale.)
Chillingworth is starting to mess with Dimmesdale. He is waiting for everyone to find out it was him and he wants him to get into lots of trouble. Chillingworth is making a big deal about it and is really trying to start trouble. I don’t think it’s going to work the way he wants it to but I still think that Dimmesdale is going to get into trouble.
5. pgs. 152-158 (Pearl turns 7 years old.)
Pearl is now old enough to see everything that is going on around her. She sees what people are saying and what is happening. She also is starting to ask questions about her mom. I feel bad for her because she has to listen to all the drama that is going around about her family. She didn’t do anything and is getting blamed for it.
6. pg 164 (Chillingworth made people believe that Satan took Dimmesdale’s gloves the returned them.)
Chillingworth is trying to make people not like Dimmesdale. Satan didn’t really take his gloves. It’s just a stupid little prank that Chillingworth is trying to pull on Dimmesdale.
7. pgs. 168-174 (Hester isn’t hated by the town anymore)
People in the town are starting to realize that it wasn’t that big of a deal and that she is a strong woman for putting up with all the trouble she had to go through. She never gave up or told who the father of Pearl is. She just took all the blame to herself. She knew that Chillingworth would lose all he had for it and so she just kept quiet.
8. pgs. 174-185 (The meaning of the “A” changed.)
The ‘A’ now means able, because she was able to go through all the trouble herself and stay strong the whole time. She never told or gave up. She just kept living her life day by day, accepting all the punishment even though she could’ve just put it off onto Dimmesdale.
9. pgs. 185-190 (Hester is some what taking blame for Dimmesdale)
She is trying to stand up for Dimmesdale. She knows that he will lose everything he has if the town finds out that he is the father of Pearl. She is doing him a big favor. She is a strong woman and is just trying to help him out. She doesn’t want anymore trouble to come then what already has.
10. pgs. 190-194 (Hester hates Chillingworth)
Hester finally realizes what a jerk Chillingworth is. She notices what a prick he really his and how he is setting Dimmesdale up and torturing him. So she hates him with a passion. I think that is good because he is mean and she should hate him for all the things he is doing to Dimmesdale. Chillingworth is just trying to start trouble for no reason.
11. pgs. 190-195 (Pearl wants to know what the “A” stands for)
Hester doesn’t really know what to think of this. She doesn’t tell Pearl the whole story. She is just realizes how much she has grown up and that she needs to be careful so pearl doesn’t end up not liking her mom or dad.
12. pgs. 190-196 (Hester says the “A” is the mark of the black man)
Hester doesn’t tell her the whole story because she is afraid of what might happen if Pearl knows everything that happened and that’s going on. It might start problems within the family and that wouldn’t be good.
Mine is on my blog mrs. Holla back at me!!! lol
Mrs. Bosch, My journal is on my blog.
I finished with the thingy!!!! It's on my blog ^.^
I finished with the thingy and it's on my blog!!!!! Pages uhh, 100 something to 200 something!!!
I finally finished! ahhhh! [;
Hello Mrs. Bosch. I finished all my paragraphs for my journal. (I also edited my blog) :)
Hey Mrs. Bosch!!
i finished the last set of...
ughhh. the blog things!
[;
http://hillarylikeschocolate34.blogspot.com/
Hi Mrs. Bosh this is Romald. I am all done with my journal. Have a bless rest of the day.
http://ronaldwilliams2.blogspot.com
http://ronaldwilliams1.blogspot.com
All my Journals for Scarlet Letter
I am, also done with my {♥} Bloggies {♥}
=)
Link: http://jso18.blogspot.com/2007_10_24_archive.html
-That link leads directly to that last, specific post.
Have a good evening =)
My blog is done mrs. bosch. Have a great nite!!!!
Oh ronald, its have a "blessed" rest of the day, not have a bless rest of the day!!! LOL
“He loves thee, my little Pearl, and loves they mother too.” (p. 221)
I think this is a time in her life where she’s actually happy. This really caught me off guard, because I didn’t know that he loved them. Either that, or she only thinks that she knows that he loves them, when he really doesn’t. Or she could maybe be lying to Pearl to give her false hope. Still, I think she really believes that he really loves them, and this could be the only time (before the scarlet letter was placed upon her) that she was truly happy.
“She ransacked her conscience” (p. 229)
I feel this is a humorous but effective way to describe what happen. When I read this I thought that she physically actually ransacked her conscience. I just felt this was a really good description of how she felt. It actually gave me an image in my head of what her heart must have been feeling.
“Other plebeian inhabitants of the town…” (p. 236)
Since the beginning, I’ve been having trouble with the vocabulary in the book, but I feel my vocabulary has gotten better, and I can understand this book more and more. However this sentence here, I had no idea what it meant. This is the first time I needed to look up a word and not able to just use context clues to find out what it means since the beginning of the book. This proves how vast Nathaniel’s vocabulary is, he can use colorful words, and he has a lot of them.
“…no Merry Andrew…” (p. 241)
This is a really funny simile/idiom/saying—if it is one. This is in one of those really long sentences, so I’m having slight difficulties (using the word “slight” lightly) reading and understanding. However, I think this is a saying they used back then. I think it’s really funny that they would use a name as common as “Andrew” in it.
“He that is in peril from these sour old Puritan rulers!” (p. 245)
This shows that not everybody likes the Puritan ways, even though they live there. It shows that some people rebel, and don’t like them, even though they all grew up with them there and they all are accustomed to them. Or, it could mean that they just don’t always put up with it. It shows somebody can’t be “perfect” all the time. It also hints that the Puritan ways are slowly fading, and eventually may even fade away.
“Fie, woman, fie!” (p. 252)
I find the word “fie” really humorous. I didn’t know what it meant, so I looked in the dictionary for the definition, but it wasn’t in there. From that information, I can use the context clues to make an inference that it means something to express outrage, like “no!”, or something similar. I can also assume, that since it wasn’t in the dictionary, it’s not an often used word, or that it’s archaic and is no longer used.
“That final word came forth with the minister’s expiring breath” (p. 267)
Could it be that the minister is DYING!? How could that be. He was nice (more nice then others) to Pearl and Hester. An important character like that is dying, and will probably end up dying. I think this is something really important, and says that something has ended, and has a deep meaning to it.
“ON A FIELD, SABLE, THE LETTER A, GULES” (p. 274)
The end of the book. This ending is really confusing. It’s not exactly a happy ending (far from). I guess I’m just used to happy endings, but this is a really grim ending. It answered a lot of questions that were left to answer while reading the book, but left many others yet to be answer, like what will eventually happen to Hester, etc. The ending statement
I posted my last part of the Journal on here and not my blog. I always have trouble logging in, so I'll just post it here and deal with the other part tomorrow!
i posted it on my blog
Mrs. Bosch
My jounal is on my blog.
Post a Comment