This is one I'd like to read again. I read it in high school ... our English teacher had us read some parts out loud but mostly we read at home and talked about it at class. I like your channel name :) I've been thinking about doing a channel called, Granny Smith, just for fun ... but then I might have people calling me Granny Smith, LOL! So, I might have to think of something else if I actually do it. I didn't know you had this channel - sorry I'm a bit late to the party. I really enjoy reading! Blessings, j
Hmm. Dimmesdale isn’t ever ready to “own it”, but would Hester have admitted it if she could somehow have hidden it? We started off thinking she got the worse end, because she was forced to face her sin, but that ended up helping her move through it. But, she didn’t choose to face it. Could any of us? I still imagine that she was stronger than Arthur would’ve been in that situation. As for motivation to keep the secret, Arthur said he remembered his anxiousness, so I think he was thinking of himself more than the town. They both find freedom by the end, but it looks very different, whereas Roger’s imagined freedom is taken away when Arthur shows him that he, Arthur, is the one in control. Great book! Thanks for finally helping me decide to actually read it!
This is one I'd like to read again. I read it in high school ... our English teacher had us read some parts out loud but mostly we read at home and talked about it at class.
I like your channel name :) I've been thinking about doing a channel called, Granny Smith, just for fun ... but then I might have people calling me Granny Smith, LOL! So, I might have to think of something else if I actually do it. I didn't know you had this channel - sorry I'm a bit late to the party. I really enjoy reading!
Blessings, j
I have never read this book but I have seen a movie of it. Thanks, Sarah.
Hmm. Dimmesdale isn’t ever ready to “own it”, but would Hester have admitted it if she could somehow have hidden it? We started off thinking she got the worse end, because she was forced to face her sin, but that ended up helping her move through it. But, she didn’t choose to face it. Could any of us? I still imagine that she was stronger than Arthur would’ve been in that situation.
As for motivation to keep the secret, Arthur said he remembered his anxiousness, so I think he was thinking of himself more than the town. They both find freedom by the end, but it looks very different, whereas Roger’s imagined freedom is taken away when Arthur shows him that he, Arthur, is the one in control.
Great book! Thanks for finally helping me decide to actually read it!