My letter was “A” for awkward. I choose this because I feel like sometimes I can be awkward in social situations especially when i'm hanging out with my friends and someone new. When I used to hangout with my cousin a lot we would go and pick up her friends. When we were hanging out with someone I hadn’t met before or didn’t know very well I would get really quiet and I wouldn’t joke around as much. Sometimes I would be sitting in the same room as her and her friends and I would just text her instead of just talking to her because I felt kind of uncomfortable talking in front of the other people At first walking around wearing the letter was a little uncomfortable and I noticed a few people we’re looking at me as I was walking through the hallways. After a while I started to notice it less or people got used to seeing people wearing the letters on their shirts. Telling people about my letter was a little uncomfortable but not too bad because it wasn’t anything too personal, I think that it would have been harder to tell people about if I did something more personal. After I told people about it they pretty much treated me normally, except one girl after I told her it was “A” for awkward she told me it should be “A” for awesome and when I smiled she told me I had an awesome smile. …show more content…
I think that I could relate to Hester Prynne a bit, because in the beginning she was very aware of how people were looking at her and the letter and judging her all the time.
After a while she started getting used to people looking at her and just accepted is as daily life. Then finally people began to see her as less of a bad person and started to realize that she had just made a mistake and was trying to move past it and become a better
person. I think that Hester Prynne’s punishment was a lot worse, because she had to wear a letter that represented a sin, and everyone in the community knew about it already. She didn’t have the embarrassment of having to tell everyone that she was an adulterer, but she also didn’t have the comfort of the fact that not everyone knew about her sin. Overall I thought that this project wasn’t too bad. I liked that it was relatively easy, because all we had to do was pick a flaw of ours and wear the first letter of it on our shirt all day. I would say that this paper was the hardest part of the assignment. If I were to do the project again I would choose something more personal, so that it would be more like the experience that Hester had.
Hester Pryne of The Scarlet Letter Hester Pryne, after being punished for her sin, lived an important life. In "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester was convicted of adultery. However, after her conviction, she managed to raise a daughter, became an important seamstress in her community, and set an example for her close-knit community. Pearl, the daughter of a convicted sex offender, grew up living a different life from her peers.
she must learn how to overcome. She goes from being this person who doesn’t fit in at
"Show me a hero and I'll write a tragedy.” That's a quote by the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. The author of the ¨Scarlet Letter¨ Nathaniel Hawthorne did exactly that in the book with a specific character, Hester Prynne. He wrote ¨The Scarlet Letter¨ about how one action can affect someone's entire life and family. Hester gets punished for committing adultery, and is forced to wear an ¨A¨ on her clothing which symbolizes adultery. Her actions not only affect her, but her daughter Pearl as well, Hester shows great courage throughout the story on how she deals with the whole issue. She raises a child all alone, while she has to deal with her punishment and being shunned by the rest of the time.
In Nathanial Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, the reader meets the character Hester Prynne who as the novel progresses, one notices the changes in her character are very dramatic. The changes are both physical and in her mannerism’s. There are many significant events which took place before the start of the novel and during the novel. Some of these events that lead to this dramatic change include the affect of wearing the scarlet letter, the secrets which she keeps, and her daughter Pearl’s evil characteristics. By these events, Hester Prynne’s image is transformed throughout the time of the story.
Hester Prynne, the heroine of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, exhibits considerable character growth both over the course of her life and during the events of the novel. Her view of herself and her perspective on the role of women in the world evolve as she learns from new experiences. She moves through the stages of self-centered happiness in her childhood, deep despair and depression as an adult, and a later more hopeful and selfless existence.
"Lovely ladies ready for the call. Standing up or lying down or any way at all. Bargain prices up against the wall" (Boublil). The selling of one's body is consensual. When a woman decides to put herself for sale, she will be given the cold shoulder by her peers. Many women make the decision to sell themselves solely to provide for a child. The song "Lovely Ladies" from the musical Les Misérables, involves whores in France selling themselves to men in a Parisian back ally. The musical Les Misérables was based on a book written by Victor Hugo. One character in this book goes by the name of Fantine. She had a child out of wedlock to a man who left her and their child alone. She had to work to support not only herself but also her daughter, Cosette.
She lived in constant paranoia; finding it hard to make amends and rebuild trust with friends and
In today 's modernised world people are often times criticised for the way they dress, act and portray themselves. Similarly, this judgement has been going on since the early days of the Puritan Era. During this era, a popular novel called The Scarlet Letter takes place. In this novel, the main character, Hester Prynne, commits an act of adultery and is forced to wear the letter “A” upon her bosom. Like Hester Prynne, I was expected to wear a letter upon my chest for the purposes of this essay. I wore the letter “P” for the vice of procrastinator, which I felt like I was guilty of. By wearing this letter for an entire school day, I was able to feel the way Prynne felt on a much smaller scale. I was constantly looked down upon and questioned
In the novel, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, D.H. Lawrence views Hester Prynne as a dishonorable character. Lawrence focuses most of his written work around Hester’s adulterous sin and accuses her to be evil. The use of the literary techniques of allusion, critical diction, and choppy syntax to prove she is not a praiseworthy character.
Throughout the course of the novel, Hester Prynne and Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale have displayed distinct approaches pertaining to dealing with their sins. While Hester is more comfortable in doing so, Dimmesdale is frantic and cautious, resulting in a life of misery. Dimmesdale is faced with more of a decision because he does not bear a child making it unquestionable as Hester does. Hester is more open with confronting her sin that leads to a more honest life, where Dimmesdale keeps private of his sin resulting in misery and a tremendous amount of guilt.
Hester and the Puritan Society of The Scarlet Letter. & nbsp; Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel, The Scarlet Letter, focuses on the Puritan society. The Puritan society molded itself and created a government based upon the Bible and implemented it with force. The crime of adultery committed by Hester generated rage, and was qualified for serious punishment according to Puritan beliefs. Ultimately the town of Boston became intensely involved with Hester's life and her crime of adultery, and saw to it that she be publicly punished and tortured. Based upon the religious, governmental, and social design of the Puritan society, Hester's entire existence revolved around her sin and the Puritan perception.
Throughout all the sinful things Hester Prynne has done, she still managed to obtain good qualities. Hester was an adulterer from the book The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hester was looked down upon by the citizens of Boston because of the sin she and another person committed, but no one knew who her partner in crime was because she refused to release his name. Towards the very end of the story Hester’s accomplice confessed and left Hester and Pearl feeling joyous, because now they didn’t have to keep in a secret. Hester is a trustworthy, helpful, and brave woman throughout The Scarlet Letter.
Today is the day the actual revealing of me being a proud member of a sorority. Keeping my whereabouts and actions a secret has been one of the hardest task I have ever attempted to complete. I almost got caught by my roommate who is actually my best friend! On my way out she told me she wanted to talk to me about why
Although the beginning of this was harsh I will nonetheless be happy to graduate. During the start of my school career I was a straight A
My first semester of college held many expectations for me. I sought to do well and thought I 'd have no problem earning A’s and maybe a B. The one class I was not looking forward to was Interpersonal Communication. I selected this course specifically thinking it would require the least amount of public speaking. I never imagined what a struggle this first semester would end up being. Even more surprising was the love and intrigue I developed for my communications class. It quickly became my favorite. I could not have anticipated how much I would learn about myself and how the way I communicated with others affected our relationship. My daily interactions are primarily family and UAA faculty. There is occasional interaction with other students