S. Letter continued

Chapter 4: Embarrassed in public, Hester goes back into the prison. At that moment a lot of stuff must be going through her mind. A lot of stuff happened to her, and now she was labeled and adulterer, and had to wear a huge embroidered A on her clothes so people would know that. This kinda reminds me of the time during WWII were the German's forced the Jews to wear star of davids of their clothes to single them out and make them distinguishable from others. And when she gets back to her cell, who's there, her husband. Then again no one knows that it her husband. He fails at convincing her to tell him who she had an affair with, and eventually leaves wanting revenge against whomever it was that she had the affair with. I find it perfectly reasonable to want revenge in this scenario, i mean the person in question is the guy that kinda stole your wife, and if i'm not mistake conceived a child with her. I can understand his motives for revenge, the again that doesn't make it any better.

Chapter 5: Fast forward a few years, and Hester's finally out of jail. Personally i dont see why she was even imprisoned in the first place,  but whatever. So yeah she out of jail, even though she can leave that little hell hole that claimed a good chunk of her life, she doesn't. Why you ask, is it because she likes the area, she chooses not to leave because that would prove something to someone, alien overlords command her to stay and violating their rules would destroy all life as we know it, who knows, it is up to the reader to decide. Anyway she ends up settling up on some abandoned, infertile land in the corner of town somewhere, where she's isolated and basically never interacts with anyone. Yet even though it all because she can sew very well, i mean excetionally well, or so its told that way in the book, the townspeople buy clothes from her, and she is kept out of poverty in this manner. Even though this is true she still feel lonely. This chapter the narrator gives a lot of detail and background, and was overall, a very boring chapter in my opinion. Not much happened, she told them about some stuff that happened, and then about how she felt, nothing too exciting there.
She was probably living in something like this.


Chapter 6: So the only things that makes her happy now is her daughter Pearl. She's named that because her mother paid with her entire life to have her daughter, she lost everything, but in the process gained her. The townspeople are also mean to her daughter, nothing says Puritan culture like torturing a 3 year old because of their parents decisions. Nonetheless the mother sees Pear as different from what the people see her. She think of her as not a devil's child, and as someone who cant and will be someone.
My rendition of Pearl, cause why not


Chapter 7: So the only ray of sunshine is Hester's life, Pearl, is rumored to be taken away from her in 3 days. As if the people of this godforesaken town, i mean that even with is connotation,  haven't taken enough from Hester, now they want her daughter. Or do they, i mean it is only rumored. Nonetheless, Pearl acts as a child when they go to the governors house, begins prodding everything, the armour, and even screaming for a rose. I mean she has all of the qualities of a normal child, what do they find so demonic about her.

Chapter 8: Alright so Hester begins talking to some people and they ask her why she should keep the child. She tell that she can teach her things, about what not to do in life. they aren't swayed, and only agree when she has another one of the people present vouch for her. Pearl is probalably the only thing that is keeping Hester going, i mean looking at her situation, it would be difficult to expirence taht, but she seems to hold well. This is reinforced by when at the end of the chapter, Hester is invited to join a witch ceremony of some sort yet she refused, saying that if she were not able to keep Pearl she would have gladly gone.