“Her sin, her ignominy, were the roots which she had struck into the soil” (93).

The Scarlet Letter is a book I am really enjoying. Even though the language is sometimes hard to understand, I am still loving this book. I like it so much that David and I Skype just to read it together. The quote above is my favorite quote of the novel so far because to me this quote says so much of what Hester’s life is like, just because she made one mistake.

This book not only demonstrates how sins were punished but also how one mistake can ruin or change someone’s life forever. This book so far is affecting my soul because it is making me reflect that life is about how others a great deal of the time decide what happens to our lives. They judge our mistakes and decide the consequences for our punishments.

For instance, as we grow, our parents judge and create the consequences for our mistakes. In the novel the people of the town decide what to do with her. My favorite part of the novel is when the husband visits Hester in prison. So far what is confusing is just the language because it has words I don’t understand. My favorite character is Hester Prynne because she is just an intense woman that even though she feels like falling sometimes, she manages to stay standing and confront her reality. My prediction is that the priest is the father of Hester’s daughter and that is why she does not want anyone to know.