Howl

The title "Howl" already tells us that he is arguing his discontent of the society, especially the problem with race discrimination. He lets his words flow in stream of consciousness and the interesting part is the poem all based on the word of "who." When I read this poem, I really can see the big picture that Ginsberg trying to tell us of how the reality is in that era.

Ginsberg is associated with the Beat Generation which is the era that people reject materialism and "experimentation with drugs and alternate form of sexuality." In the sentence,"who distributed Supercommunist pamphlets in Union Square weeping and undressing while the sirens of Los Alamos wailed them down, and wailed down Wall, and the Staten Island ferry also wailed". He shows the insane members of his community and how they destroy their own life. It seems like many demons are surrounded by them, and they only can find peace through drugs or sex. In his poem, I cannot find one happiness in there.

Petrified Man

On Wednesday, we read a short story called Petrified Man. I love the way that you assign people to a certain character and especially let a guy to read a woman's line. The story is about two gossip women talking in the beauty salon, Leota (the hairdresser) and Ms. Fletcher(Leota's best customer). They are talking about the new-coming family. Leota have a good impression and positive evaluation toward Mrs. Pike, and they begin to have a strong relationship with each other. Also, they have different personality. But, on the other side, Ms. Fletcher doesn't like Mrs. Pikes because she talks about her pregnancy. This story tells us that don't use the first impression to judge the other because later on Leota and Mrs. Pikes had a fight. Mrs. Pikes uses Leota to watch her child, Billy.

I kind of don't understand why the story called Petrified Man. But I think the main point of this story is to use different point of view to watch people, not just your own point of view because this will make you a foolishness.

Bernice bobs her hair

Bernice bobs her hair!!!Today, we just watch this movie and the story was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.At first i thought it's just Bernice chopped her hair off, and that is it. But it means more because of the society in that time. Bernice changes a lot from the first scene we saw. She turns into a society-girl from a quiet, conservative girl because of her cousin, Marjorie. She begins to teach her how to hang out with boys. One day, she decides to bob her hair( I think she's just joking). Marjorie becomes jealous because Bernice captures all the guy's heart from her. She tell Bernice to bob her hair and let everyone watch it. Before she bobs her hair, the guys are so intense about it, but after that, they just walk away and show not interest to her. Marjorie's plan succeed, but Bernice takes the revenge and cut her hair in the midnight and leave happily. I wonder what Bernice's mother will react when she see her daughter bobs her hair.

Bernice was so quiet before and become so socialize, but I think Bernice just pretend it. One cannot fully changes his or her personality or the way to act. The guy just see the girl's out-appearance to hang out with. Maybe Bernice will change to the real Bernice after she goes back to her hometown.

Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes is an important figure in the Harlem Renaissance and African American literature. He expresses his pride of being an African American. In his poems, he promotes the African American culture and the racial pride in the black community. He points out the social and racial problems and also inspires some blacks to recognize their beauty and dignity of blackness.

We can see these from one of his famous poems"I, too" when he says:"Besides,/They'll see me beautiful I am/And be ashamed".He yearns for freedom and equality. In some day, whites will see beauty in black and feel ashamed of their ignorance.

Birches by Robert Frost

It is interesting to read this poem. One single item, birches, can make him think about it so much. From the point the birches is bending down, he imagines what makes it bent. In the beginning of the poem, he tells the truth that is the ice storm makes it bent. Then, he imagines that the lonely boy who is playing with a tree that make most of the trees bent down. He even gives the solution to solve the problem and compares to "fill a cup." In the last stanza, he expresses that he wants to be young again, so he can swing the birches. Maybe seeing the bending birches makes Robert Frost thinks about his youth memory.

William Carlos Williams

Spring and All by William Carlos Williams

By the road to the contagious hospital
under the surge of the blue
mottled clouds driven from the
northeast-a cold wind. Beyond, the
waste of broad, muddy fields
brown with dried weeds, standing and fallen
patches of standing water
the scattering of tall trees
All along the road the reddish
purplish, forked, upstanding, twiggy
stuff of bushes and small trees
with dead, brown leaves under them
leafless vines-
Lifeless in appearance, sluggish
dazed spring approaches-
They enter the new world naked,
cold, uncertain of all
save that they enter. All about them
the cold, familiar wind-
Now the grass, tomorrow
the stiff curl of wildcarrot leaf
One by one objects are defined-
It quickens: clarity, outline of leaf
But now the stark dignity of
entrance-Still, the profound change
has come upon them: rooted, they
grip down and begin to awaken

The narrator described the scene in the end of winter on his way to the hospital. In the first three stanzas, the narrator gave the reader a dreary mood like "contagious hospital," " brown with dried weeds." In the third stanza, the narrator began to use more birght colors like purplis and reddish, but still gave us a disconsolate feeling. From the fourth stanza, the narrator shifted to embrace the coming spring. He portrayed how new life will emerge from this landscape as it begins to wake up. He used the word "quickens" in the last two stanza instead of "sluggish" which he used it previously.

The Yellow wall paper

The narrator has a nervous depression. She seems like everything is uncomfortable to her. John is her husband and also her doctor. He doesn't agree with her thoughts and her illness. The narrator has an extraordinary imaginations. Her husband wants to cure her even stop her to do any active things, especially writing. She doesn't like the yellow wallpaper in her room, and argues with John to repaper it again.

Life in the Iron-Mills

In the beginning of the story, the narrator stares out the windows and always see the cloudy day that besiege the gloomy and dark iron mills. Deborah,a hutch-back, is in love with her cousin Hugh. She even brings him dinner to iron-mill in a cold and rainy day, even though she hasn't finished her dinner. One day, a group of men visit the iron mill notice Hugh's statue which is made from korl. The men tried to help him out, but it needs money. Deborah hears the conversation, so she steals money from one of the men, Mitchell. Hugh decides to give it back to Mitchell, but he contemplates the money because this money can changes his life!People catch him and he receives fifteen-year sentence. Deborah also sends to the jail, but she receives three-year sentence. Hugh is desperate and leads him to suicide. A Quaker woman comes to the jail and plans Hugh's burial place. She assures Deborah that he will be buried on a hillside.

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

The film begins with a man who standing on a railroad bridge, and he is sentenced to death. It is a surprise of Farquhar's death. His desire for escape makes him think he gets released accidentally. His fantasy is similar to the real world. In the video, it straight to the fantasy world that makes me think he really gets escaped. He unbinds the ropes of his necks and legs, and sees around him the nature and the soldiers who are ready to fire at him. In his fantasy, he is able to avoid all the attacks and makes it back to his family. But, he's still cannot escape the reality. In the film, it doesn't say why he gets hanged. When Farquhar touches his wife, the real execution forces him back to the reality.

1. I learned that Emily Dickinson was an interesting person. She kept aloof from most people, but I was impressed by her love of nature. During this research project, I read a lot of books about her, as well as some of her work. Although these were easy to read, it was difficult for me to gather all the information that I needed. Slowly, I started to discover interesting facts about her life. This is when I discovered her love of nature. The reason she wanted to segregate from people was because she wanted to be closer to nature. I dug up more research about her love of nature. I learned about her background and the people that surrounded her. The area that Emily Dickinson lived in was right in the middle of nature. Hutchinson, Newton, and Emerson were the three people who most influenced her in her study of nature.

2. My research topic was related to some of the works about nature that we have discussed in class. I compared the works of Emerson and Dickinson discovered some contrasting opinions between them. I furthered my studies by reading Nature by Emerson, and by studying Transcendentalism. Both Emerson and Dickinson were considered Transcendentalists. Dickinson kept secluded from society and bonded with nature. However, from her poems, I discovered some evidence that leads me to believe that she began to have some fears of nature. The most important difference in opinion between Emerson and Dickinson was that Emerson believed that human and nature are actually one.

Emily’s earliest friend Ben Newton was the one who guided her to explore the intellectual and spiritual world of Transcendentalism.

In The Letters of Emily, she wrote, “Mr. Newton was with my Father two years, before going to Worcester, in pursuing his studies, and was much in our family. I was then but a child, yet, I was old enough to admire the strength and grace, of an intellect far surpassing my own, and it taught me many lessons, for which I thank it humbly, now that it is gone. Mr. Newton became to me a gentle, yet grave Preceptor, teaching me what to read, what authors to admire, what was most grand or beautiful in nature, and that sublime lesson, a faith in things unseen, and in a life again, nobler and much more blessed. Of all these things he spoke-he taught me of them all, earnestly, tenderly; and when he went from us, it was as an elder brother, loved indeed very much, and mourned and remembered…..”

Ben Newton played an important role in the shaping of her poetic thought. Newton not only exposed Dickinson’s intellectual thoughts but also inspired her to be a devotee of nature. In her memory of Newton, Emily acknowledged her great debt to him. The most significance influence of Newton upon Dickinson lay in putting her in touch with the advanced thinking of that time, and in particular the writing of Emerson. Emerson also was a major influence upon Dickinson with his poems and essays. Dickinson was familiar with Emerson’s Transcendentalism. The appeal that Transcendentalism holds for Dickinson lies in the mystical harmonies of man and nature, the organic and ongoing processes of human life as well as nature.

Emily Dickinson's father, Edward Dickinson is stress on the education. He even sets up the library for his children, so they can self-educated. Moreover, he also builds a garden for Emily. The garden gives Emily more privacy and also keeps her in touch with nature. She cultivates her interest in nature in her secret place in her garden. Dickinson's inspiration of poems from her observation of creatures like bees and the view of landscape.

Household chore also inspire her to write poetry. She sometimes write at the back of the shopping list or recipes.

Emily Dickinson prefers to stay home and have an isolated life. New England means a lot to her, and the small living space that she has makes her more interest in searching for the meaning of nature.

Emily Dickinson has a special way of living. She associated with nature, and living animals. The landscape of New England, the changing of weather, flowers and birds are all the topics that she portrays in her nature poems. She has a great passion toward nature. She loves to embrace nature because it can mollify her soul and obtain peace. The love that she gives human and the society is all move to nature.

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"Nature" is what we see—

The Hill—the Afternoon—

Squirrel—Eclipse—the Bumble bee—

Nay—Nature is Heaven—

Nature is what we hear—

The Bobolink—the Sea—

Thunder—the Cricket—

Nay—Nature is Harmony—

Nature is what we know—

Yet have no art to say—

So impotent Our Wisdom is

To her Simplicity.

From this poem, we can see she gives positive way to nature.

I found that Emily Dickinosn especially like spring from four of the seasons.

I'll continue to do the research that why she loves spring so much.

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Whitman's Preface Leaves of Grass

I didn't really fully understand what he was trying to say.

Walt Whitman said that America was a “poem” and itself was essentially the greatest poem. He tried to make America more unique and unite nation. I think at that time America was in a divided nation because of the problem of race. He attempted to make America an equal nation with justice and liberty.

The Significance of Emily Dickinson

There are significance of Emily Dickinson. Her joy and pain, triump and disaster are recorded in the words. Her niece Martha Dickinson Bianchi said,"Her letters are record of her external life, her poems are the journal of her mind and soul.

From this article, I found out Emily actually was well acquainted with her quick wit and captivating humor around the neighborhood when she was a little. People say she spent her life in the seclusion of a world, but actually she was closed to her intimate friends.

Dominant in her nature poems is the friendly spirit. Her poetry was mainly on life, nature, love, time and eternity. She has no fear of death and mortality, and joy was in her life. The pathos of her love is evident in the way she treasures memories of the past.

The reader of Emily Dickinson's poems is soon aware of an uplifting effect received from them; she writes with conviction and persuasion.

The Significance of Emily Dickinson

Donald F. Connors

College English, Vol.3, No.7(Apr.,1942),pp.624-633

Published by: National Council of Teachers of English

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The title of chapter twenty-three is “The Revelation of the Scarlet Letter.” I think that Dimmesdale will expose his sin to the townspeople. Chillingworth will not give up, and will follow Hester wherever she might go.

Once Dimmesdale reveals his sin, he won’t be able to live any longer because, as we saw, when he came back from the forest, he had a mental breakdown. The scarlet letter that he carved onto his chest will appall the townspeople so much, that and his body will not be able to support its weight anymore, and he will die shamefully.

After Dimmesdale dies, Hester will no longer have a reason to stay in the town and might flee to another town with Pearl, to a place that knows nothing of the scarlet letter or its wearer. I suspect that the two of them will live happily ever after.

The townspeople saw Emily Dickinson as an eccentric woman because she never went anywhere, and refused to go to church. Dickinson even hid from the visitors to the home. Dickinson liked to read and write riddles and make metaphors.

Emily Dickinson influenced the ways she thought and acted and developed her nature talent through the time, the place and even the atmosphere which was surrounded her. Some of Dickinson’s poems reveal her to be a keen and admiring observer of nature.

The Puritan background shaped her character. Dickinson spent most of her life and wrote most of her works in the Homestead.

The editor had problem revised Dickinson’s works because of her hadwriting and her untraditional punctuation. The editor didn’t name the title, instead he numbered the poems.

Dimmesdale becomes rely on Hester because she can give him confidence, mercy and forgiveness. In chapter eighteen, Dimmesdale and Pearl finally meet. Pearl embraces the nature. In the forest, the creatures, like squirrel, fox and wolf, approach her as she is a wild human child. The flower also wants to get near to Pearl.

Pearl reminds Hester’s sins. Pearl is so angry that her mother doesn’t wear her scarlet letter and she puts her hair down. As the book says, the river separates between Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl. After Hester crosses the river, she puts her scarlet letter back, and returns to the original mother who Pearl knows.

A narrow Fellow in the Grass by Emily Dickinson

A narrow fellow in the grass
Occasionally rides;
You may have met him,---did you not,
His notice sudden is.

The grass divides as with a comb
A spotted shaft is seen;
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on.

He likes a boggy acre,
A floor too cool for corn.
Yet when a child, and barefoot,
I more than once, at morn,

Have passed, I thought, a whip-lash
Unbraiding in the sun,--
When, stooping to secure it,
It wrinkled, and was gone.

Several of nature's people
I know, and they know me;
I feel for them a transport
Of cordiality;

But never met this fellow,
Attended or alone,
Without a tighter breathing,
And zero at the bone.

This poem examines the one of nature’s creature, snake. Emily Dickinson never tell us this creature is snake. She describes snake as a human being by using the term fellow and “Nature’s People.” The snake passes swiftly, and divides the grass. Dickinson focuses on the snake’s appearance and its transient moves. In the last stanza, Dickinson describes the snake as a metaphor of great enemy of mankind.

A bird came down the walk by Emily Dickinson

A bird came down the walk:
He did not know I saw;
He bit an angle-worm in halves
And ate the fellow, raw.

And then he drank a dew
From a convenient grass,
And then hopped sidewise to the wall
To let a beetle pass.

He glanced with rapid eyes
That hurried all abroad,--
They looked like frightened beads, I thought;
He stirred his velvet head

Like one in danger; cautious,
I offered him a crumb,
And he unrolled his feathers
And rowed him softer home

Than oars divide the ocean,
Too silver for a seam,
Or butterflies, off banks of noon,
Leap, plashless, as they swim.

The bird acts naturally in front of Dickinson, and he shows his wilderness by eating a “raw” worm. This action is non-humanness. But, in stanza two, Dickinson describes the bird as human being. He drank a dew from a grass; it’s like he drank the water from glass. The bird also politely let the beetle pass through.

Emily Dickinson tries to contact with the bird by offering it food, but the bird flies away because her action.

This poem also talks about nature. Dickinson observes the bird’s appearance and behavior.

I taste a liquor never brewed by Emily Dickinson

I taste a liquor never brewed,
From tankards scooped in pearl;
Not all the vats upon the Rhine
Yield such an alcohol!

Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew,
Reeling, through endless summer days,
From inns of molten blue.

When landlords turn the drunken bee
Out of the foxglove's door,
When butterflies renounce their drams,
I shall but drink the more!

Till seraphs swing their snowy hats,
And saints to windows run,
To see the little tippler
Leaning against the sun!

Emily Dickinson shows her fascination by the natural phenomenon, and she thinks the nature as a source of pleasure. In the first line, Dickinson describes the liquor as Pearl which shows how precious the liquor is.

On the second stanza, “inebriate of air am I” which shows her delightfulness in communion with the beauty of nature.

In the third stanza, Dickinson said she will drink nature forever butterflies give up nectar from flowers.

In class, we discussed the difference between penance and pentinence. In the book, Dimmesdale yells passionately to Hester that he has had enough penance, but has had no pentinence. By "penance", Dimmesdale is referring to self-imposed suffering. We know that this occurs regularly. He even punishes himself physically by whipping himself in secret. However, he also says that there has been no penitence (feeling regret for one's sin(s)). Right now, he doesn't feel as though he feels sorry enough for his sin. I guess that Dimmesdale will only feel as though there has been pentinence after he confesses his wrongdoing publicly.

In chapter seventeen, Dimmesdale and Hester finally meet. They tell each other about how their lives have been in the past seven years, and conclude that Chillingworth is the worst of the three sinners. An at first reluctant Dimmesdale finally agrees to run away from the town with Hester. When Hester proposed this plan, I started wondering why she stayed in the town all those years in the first place. She could have escaped long ago and lived a better life. After taking the scarlet letter off her bosom and throwing it to the ground, Hester pins it back on her dress in the end. I think that maybe Hester wants to be with Dimmesdale, but doesn't want to discard the scarlet letter because it represents Pearl. I think it is a good idea for Dimmesdale, Hester and Pearl to escape this town for a better life. However, before doing so, I think Dimmesdale should confess to the townspeople. Unfortunately, the biggest obstacle to their plan is Chillingworth. He previously told Hester that he will always be wherever she goes.

Emily Dickinson seldom left her house, and she hadn't many friends throughout her life. But, there were three people who affected her life, and they were all related in Dickinson's poems. The one who stirred the emotion of Dickinson was Reverend Charles Wadsworth. The other was the Supreme Court Judge Otis P. Lord, and editor of Springfield Republican, Samuel Bowles.

People published her works after her death. She was influenced by the poets of seventeenth-century England. Most of Dickinson's poems reflected her loneliness, and her stat of want.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.13

Chapter thirteen gives us an even better understanding of Hester Prynne’s personality and character. Time has flown by, and Pearl is seven years old now. The townspeople are not so concerned with the scarlet letter on Hester’s bosom. They now see her as a kind and generous person, which to them means that the scarlet “A” on her chest must now symbolize “Able.” She helps the needy, and is always the first one to offer help when it is needed. Yet she will still never be fully forgiven for her past, or gain her reputation back. The scarlet letter has also diminished her physical appearance and femininity.

Hester is going to meet with Chillingworth and talk to him. She will try her best to save Dimmesdale from Chillingworth’s clutches.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.12

In chapter twelve, the dreadful scaffold appears again. Dimmesdale's frenzied scream and hallucination of talking to Mr. Wilson make me think that he must be mentally ill. Dimmesdale, Hester Prynne and Pearl all stand on the scaffold together. The first time the scaffold is introduced, Hester alone stands upon it for her guilt. Now, Dimmesdale stands on the scaffold for his guilt and punishment. This chapter is also important because it brings all the main characters together. Chillingworth’s appearance has a creepy air to it. He appears suddenly, and stands beside the scaffold holding a light.

Pearl repeatedly asks Dimmesdale if he will take her hands tomorrow and stand on the scaffold with her at noon. Dimmesdale, as usual, demonstrates his fear of confession.

Introduction about Emily Dickinson

Emily Dickinson was an American poet. She was born in Massachusetts in 1830. She was born in a prominent family; her father, was a well-known lawyer and treasurer of Amherst College. Edward Dickinson was conservative about the issue of women’s education. Many of her poems deal with themes of death and immortality.

The Scarlet Letter- The Puritan society

In Puritan society, the people believed in the majesty, righteousness and sovereignty of God. Puritans were very strict when it came to religion. They would criticize and punish those who disobeyed their religion or law, the two of which were very much tied together. Hester is one of the many victims of Puritanism. She fell in love with Dimmesdale, even though she was already bound to another man. In Puritan society, the belief was that women must stay loyal to their husbands no matter what. The way society punishes Hester is by making her wear a scarlet letter at all times, and by displaying her on the scaffold in front of her entire town. These forms of punishment, while meant to chastise Hester, are also meant to warn the townspeople not to commit the same crime. The trouble in Hester’s heart is greatly contributed to by the shame and the emotional pain that come with having to wear the symbol of her crime every day, never being freed from the humiliation or memories. Never being allowed to move forward or gain back her reputation. In Puritan society, people were overly concerned with the lives of others. The actions of individuals were put in the spotlight for the public to judge. Hester’s got the punishment of being isolated from the people around her.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.11

Dimmesdale is living a miserable life. Chillingworth has no doubt that Dimmesdale has guilt in his heart. Dimmesdale tries to confess every time he speaks to the public, but instead he ends up shrinking back. His anxiety at these times causes him to put his hand on his chest in pain. Dimmesdale tortures himself both physically and psychologically for his crime. For example, he imagines himself standing on the scaffold for his sin. This gives us sympathy for him. But in this chapter, we are shown that Dimmesdale is nevertheless a sinner. The townspeople think of Dimmesdale as a godly youth or a saint on earth. In reality, Dimmesdale is cheating himself and the townspeople. He must confront his past. Dimmesdale’s innermost soul is suffering. This is contributed to by the control Chillingworth has over him, which Chillingworth is using for his revenge.

The Scarlet Letter- Ch.9 and 10

The title of Chapter nine is Leech, which refers to Chillingworth. In real life a leech is a creature that sucks humans’ blood. Chillingworth is like a leech in the sense that he is sucking information from Dimmesdale bit by bit. At first, Dimmesdale didn't accept Chillingworth's help, but afterwards he concluded that God must have sent Chillingworth to him to save him. In chapter nine, Chillingworth shows his devilish side when he and Dimmesdale live together in the widow's house. Some people think that it is best to let Chillingworth live with Dimmesdale for the sake of the reverend’s health, but others don't think that way. They see an ugly expression on Chillingworth’s face that makes them question Chillingworth’s intentions.

As the days pass, Chillingworth and Dimmesdale grow closer to each other. Dimmesdale reveals his secret nature.

In the beginning of chapter ten, Hawthorne describes Chillingworth in a positive way. "Old Roger Chillingworth, throughout life, had been calm in temperament, kindly, though not of warm affections, but ever, and in all his relations with the world, a pure and upright man."(117). But he nevertheless shows his evil side later in the chapter. Dimmesdale trusts him as his physician in the common, intimate way that patients trust their doctors. Chillingworth asks the reverend many harsh questions to find out if he is truly the sinner he suspects he is. One day when Dimmesdale is in a very deep sleep, Chillingworth sneaks into the room and sees his bare chest. This action apparently gives him everything he needs to know. He maintains his devilish nature, and continues his plan for revenge.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.8 The Elf-Child and the Minister

All the main characters show up in chapter eight, so we can conclude that this chapter is important. Because church and state are one, the government decides to take Pearl away from Hester because they believe Hester cannot properly take care of Pearl.. Hester Prynne tried to fight back to get her child back. “‘God gave me the child!’ cried she. ‘He gave her in requital of all things else, which he had taken from me. She is my happiness!’”(103). She gets help from Dimmesdale. In his speech, he shows his nervousness and weak condition. Maybe his guilt propelled him to go on the scaffold with Hester. “‘I can teach my little Pearl what I have learned from this!’ answered Hester Prynne” (101). Mr. Dimmesdale protects Pearl who is going to be taken away from her mother. Pearl once again shows her wild nature when Mr. Wilson asks her questions, but she reveals her kindness to Mr. Dimmesdale by holding his hands and laying them against her cheek. This action makes Hester Prynne wonder whether or not Pearl is her child.

Mr. Chillingworth, who becomes Mr. Dimmesdale’s personal doctor, discovers a little something inside Mr. Dimmesdale’s heart when Mr. Dimmensdale passionately defends Hester.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.3 The Recognition

On the scaffold, Hester Prynne notices a familiar person: Roger Chilingworth, but actually he is Roger Prynne. He is the husband of Hester Prynne. The magistrate begin to ask Hester Prynne the name of the child's father to exhort her to confess the truth, but she wouldn't speak. She tries to protect the child's father because of the position that he holds, scares him lose his highly position.

The next important persons emerge, Rev. Dimmesdale. Hawthorne describes him in many details." He was a person of very striking aspect, with a white, lofty , and impending brow, large, brown, melancholy eyes"(62). On Dimmesdale's speech reveals his nervous. "there was an air about this young minister,-an apprehensive, a startled, a half-frightened look"(62). It makes me thinking about he is the child's father."He now drew back, with a long respiration"(64). He kinds of relax that after Hester Prynne said she will not speak the name, and i think he's too weak.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.2 The Market-Place

The Puritan society is strict. It can be known as political, moral and religious combining to rule the society. At that time, stepping on the scaffold and becoming the focus among the town people is ashamed and is horrible as to death. In chapter two, it goes to the main story. The main charater, Hester Prynne walks out the prison door with a scarlet letter A on her bosom and carries the three- month old baby. The letter A is a symbol of disgrace. Hawthorne gives a very detail of the appearance of Hester Prynne. "She had dark and abundant hair, so glossy that it threw off the sunshine with a gleam, and a face which, besides being beautiful from regualrity of feature and richness of complexion, had the impressiveness belonging to a marked brow and deep black eyes. She was a lady-like, too"(50). After the days Prynne in the prison, she still looks better than the gossip women. Also, the letter A makes her shown out more.

The Scarlet Letter-Ch.1 The prison-Door

On the first day of the school after Christmas break, in American Lit. class, we started to discuss the book"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. We also watched a short ten minute video tape of "The Scarlet Letter."

In the first chapter of the book, it makes me feel so depressing in a negative way. In the class, Mr. Cook told us that Hawthorne liked to use symbols. The prison symbolizes sin, and the cemetery gives us a feeling of death. The interesting part is in front of the prison door, grows a bush of roses. It gives us hope. The introduction sounds so desperate, but the emergence of roses gives us hope. It makes me think that the main character, Hester Prynne, has hope.