THE SCARLET LETTER

This book was written by Nathaniel Hawthorne published in 1850 and it is about Hester Prynne who had committed adultery and is considered a novel for many authors. The novel tells us a story of a society that is good excluding people and Hester Prynne, the main character, lived in isolation for many years because of having a child out of marriage. This fact allows her to see, feel and think things out of that religious society.

This American author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. After his father died, Hawthorne’s turned himself a shy person and he started writing after his graduation from Bowdoin College, his first novel Fanshawe disappointed him, but he keep writing short novels in Salem where he returned for 12 years. Somehow, Hawthorne, went to Boston where he had married with Sophia Peabody. He returned to Salem in 1845 and then he turned famous by his novel The Scarlet Letter which is the novel that allowed him to becoming a writer. He died on May 19, 1864 in Plymouth, New Hampshire after a long period of illness.

The story takes place in 17th-century puritan Boston. The puritans where a sect of protestant Christians and Sin was the most important thing in the mid-17th century puritan community of the book The Scarlet Letter because sin is associated with breaking the law.

The Scarlet Letter is about a women called Hester Prynes, that when becomes pregnant everyone believes her is being guilty because she has been separated from her husband for two years and therefore the child cannot be his. The local law forces order her to wear a red A on her clothes so that everyone can know about her adultery and the story is about knowing who her child’s father is.

The main character is Hester Prynne, the wearer of the scarlet letter which means that she has been an adulterer. She is powerful because she transform the meaning of her punishment and becomes a legend in her puritan society.
Other characters are:
 • Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale who was Hester’s lover
 • Pearl who is Hester’s daughter
 • Roger Chillingworth, Hester’s husband
 • Governor Bellingham
 • Mistress Hibbins
 • Reverend John Wilson
 • Etc

CONCLUION
This book is easy to understand and read because of the way that is written. I liked the book because of the ting that you have pay attention to discover who is pearl’s father and because there are many characters and also you get lost too.