Lavender's AP Lit Class Blog

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Friday, October 29, 2010

Scarlet Letter Essay Topic

For the essay i was thinking about writing on Pearl. She was my favorite character in the book, and Hawthorn explains her actions and thoughts with a lot of thought and detail. I'm going to start off with how Pearl is the living proof of the sin that Hester created and when they are on the scaffold she tries to hide the "A" but when she realizes that she is hiding the "A" With the living proof of the sin. Then how the town Magistrates want to take her away from Hester, but Hester refuses. Then Someone asked Pearl where she came from and being he smart ass self she says " I was plucked from the rose bush." which was located outside of the prison door. Then the Black man comes up to Hester and tells her to come into the forest and she said " she would if they took Pearl away from her. " Pearl has no real friends, she plays with imaginary people. The other kids and Adults in the community think that she is a devil child. When they are walking through town and they throw mud at them so Pearl yells at them and chases them. When they are in the forest talking to Dimmsdale Pearl asked Hester if she had any sunlight for her... this happens quite a few times in the book which I'm going to cover... I'm also going to talk about that Pearl No's more than everyone thinks she does, she is a smart girl and notices things like when Dimmsdale puts his hand on his heart, she wonders if its for the same reason that Hester has the "A"... She is one Smart, Mischievous girl that is very entertaining!

1 comment:

  1. Emy,

    I think this is a terrific approach to the novel, one that focuses on Pearl and her role in developing Hawthorne's larger meaning and message. Please see my comment on Dale's post for some further ideas on Pearl.

    I look forward to reading your first draft!

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