Brief Introduction and Comment on The Bookworm's Extreme Journey and The Scarlet Letter

My favorite character in The Scarlet Letter is Hester Prynne, who is on trial for adultery and will always wear red as a symbol of shame. The local laws are very strict. When she was asked to tell who her father was, in order to defend her lover's reputation and pure love, she would rather be punished and resolutely bear the consequences and not tell his name. He is Arthur Dimmesdale, a well-educated, elegant and cautious priest who enjoys a high reputation in the parish. Compared with Hester, he looked timid. So Hester accepted the punishment-holding the child on the gallows for two hours, wearing clothes with bright red A on her chest all her life, which represented "adultery", and until her death, she would carve A on the grave.

She is like an angel nailed to a column of shame. However, this brave day bears everything with its weak body, like a wild rose in a barren bush, tottering and not lowering the angel's head. She is not afraid to wear the letter A on her body forever, but embroidered the letter A beautifully on her chest. From then on, although every resident rejected her and stayed away from her, as if the city were to be isolated from her, she still devoted her love to everyone and tried her best to help others.

She can face everyone's spit and contempt, but she can't face her and Arthur's daughter, Pearl. As she said, "pearls are my happiness! -This is torture for me! Pearl told me I was alive! It was Pearl who told me to be punished! She is the scarlet letter, but she has thousands of times the power to repay my sins! " Pearl punished Hester like a living "scarlet letter", constantly reminding her of her terrible past in full view. Pearl was born, playing the role of mocking, attacking and questioning the suspicious scarlet letter on her chest. However, this brave woman, deliberately dressing up her little Pearl, not only stood up to defend her right to raise her, but also respected the wildness of her child and tried to train her into an adult.

Seven years later, Arthur decided to face up to his mistakes and admit his sins with Hester in front of the masses. Finally, by exposing the brand of "evil" on his chest, he completed the moral purification and the soaring soul. The scarlet letter shines on them in Ran Ran.

Finally, the shame of her words was gradually forgotten by people. On the contrary, many people think that A stands for Angle, Capable, Admirable, Advanced, Artistic, Affectionate and so on. Finally, out of affection for the loved one, she not only refused to stay away from his parish before her death, but even after his death, she still gave up the superior life of enjoying family happiness with her daughter, returned to the place where his bones were buried, put on the scarlet letter again, and was buried beside him after her death, so as to protect and snuggle him forever. And the tombstone is engraved with the words "black land, red A".

The Scarlet Letter expresses the current social situation and human destiny, and probes into the philosophy of "goodness" and "evil" of human beings. Social forces are powerful, and in reality, natural forces cannot overcome social forces. But the work expresses that brave and kind natural forces have defeated social forces.

Hester is the embodiment of lofty morality, influencing a society full of evil. I was moved by her bravery and kindness. Her bravery and kindness finally turned the symbol of evil on her chest into a symbol of virtue and became a saint and an angel.