Read several times in school. Stuck with me. Great illustration of the evil of bias and hypocrisy. I have experienced being an outsider to some extent my whole life. So, I think that's why this one is important to me.
I read it when I was studying American Literature and greatly enjoyed it. Stylistically is in the Romance style Hawthorne favoured, but his study of the psychology of the characters and of the period is very acute and makes it an ever relevant novel. The actual issues might not be such in society, b...
So I finally got to find out for myself what the majority of American high-schoolers are subjected to, and while I see the importance of a story like this and the ideas it presents in 1850, I think the subject matter is both outdated and irrelevant today. One might, of course, choose to point out th...
The Scarlet Letter, from what I have read about it (and yes I did read the book as opposed to watching the movie) seems to be a book that is taught in a lot of American schools, however I had not heard of it until I watched the movie Easy A. There are a number of differences between the movie and th...
A very intense novel. It describes well the frustration of religious Puritans who struggle with their sins. It burdens them and changes their life directly or indirecty. It is fascinating how sex is such a scandal among them. It has such an 'evil power' that it can ruin the life of more than one per...
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