The Scarlet Letter

This was a great read! It was almost chilling in parts, which is something different.
I liked this book because you can so easily relate it to alot of events in our culture today. Adultery, obviously, being the main one. It's almost odd to hear that the same thing that has happened to people like Tiger Woods and Jesse James happened way back when. It really showed me how much America hasn't changed in years.
One character I want to really focus on is, Arthur Dimmesdale. The man was crazy, if you ask me. The way that he would torture himself for his sins was insane. He was messed up. It was really surprising to learn that he was Hester's lover. I wasn't expecting it.

I really felt bad for two characters in particular during the novel: Pearl and Dr. Chillingworth. Pearl suffered so much because of her mothers mistake and had to go through public torment for a really long time. That brings me back to how much America hasn't changed. The public eye is always on so many celebrities who have 'messed up', even if it wasn't their fault for their misfortune. Pearl reminded me alot of that.
Dr. Chillingworth had no need to be treated the way he was in The Scarlet Letter. His wife cheated on him with someone much younger, while she was waiting for him to get to America! Ok, maybe she was suffering depression or something because she was missing him, but it shouldn't have been a reason to have an affair with someone else.

The best part of the novel, to me, was hearing that Hester got burried next to Dimmesdale and their tombstone just had a single scarlet letter 'A' on it. So mysterious.