The oldest minister in Boston, who pleads with Hester to name Pearl's father, and then gives a long sermon on the terrible sin of adultery The Scarlet Letter CHAPTER SUMMARIES CHAPTER 1 In 1642, in the small town of Boston, a community of Puritans is scandalized by the "sin" of Hester...
definitely, but so are some non-autistic people). I think the demands of a weird society push anxiety onto them. I had a very happy childhood, and didn’t suffer from anxiety until people started telling me I was socially inferior. (I’ve written an article about dealing...
Since she wasn’t able to end her life, Yoshiko decided to at least take a break from it for a while. She vanished from the Kawashima family home and abandoned her life as she knew it. Although there aren’t a lot of details about where she went, the consensus is that she hid hers...
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Only Hester can face the future bravely, as she prepares to begin a new life with her daughter, Pearl, in Europe. Years later Hester returns to New England, where she continues to wear the scarlet letter. After her death she is buried next to Dimmesdale, and their joint tombstone is ...
Wade in the Water (2018), contemplates issues of class, climate, and slavery, occasionally through the voices of others, notably in the poem “I Will Tell You the Truth About This, I Will Tell You All About It,” which incorporates letters of Black soldiers enlisted in the American Civil...
When you think about the world’s architectural wonders, there are some names that immediately come to mind. The Colosseum, the Pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, the CN Tower, Sydney Opera House, the Taj Mahal, and so many more. But apart from being marvels of design and structure, th...
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Irish literature, the body of written works produced inIrelandor by Irish writers. This article discusses Irish literature written inEnglishfrom about 1690; its history is closely linked with that ofEnglish literature.Irish-languageliteratureis discussed inCeltic literature. ...
1929 Scarlet Sister Mary Julia Peterkin 1930 Laughing Boy Oliver La Farge 1931 Years of Grace Margaret Ayer Barnes 1932 The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck 1933 The Store T.S. Stribling 1934 Lamb in His Bosom Caroline Miller 1935 Now in November Josephine Winslow Johnson 1936 Honey in ...