For those who have yet not read, The Scarlet Letter, i suggest you do. To not "spill the beans," i will tell all of you a simple description of the book. The Scarlet Letter takes place in the 19th century in the colony of Boston. The protagonist--Hester Prynne, has committed a sin. As her punishment, Hester shall wear a scarlet letter that would remind her every day of her life of the sin she had committed. This scarlet letter was an "A". Throughout the story, the meaning of the scarlet letter changes. Pearl, who was the product of Hester's sin, is an evil little girl. The father of this child is not able to be with the people whom he loves. It is until the end of the story where he and Hester shall decide to live a real life--hiding no secrets, or continue this fake life and never be together.
Before, our Christmas Break, my English teacher assigned us an extra-credit activity. The assingment was for students--who wanted extra-credit--shall wear their very own scarlet letter that represents their sin. We had to take in consideration the Seven Deadly Sins and the Tenth Commandments. Once we found our sin, we had to think of a positive trait that started with the same letter. After, we had to create a fancy visible letter and wear it "upon our bosom" for one whole straight week.
My Scarlet Letter was the same one as Hester's. And NO...it did not stand for the same sin Hester had committed. My sin was "ANGER", synonym of WRATH--one of the seven deadly sins.
This activity is really awesome. It actually got us into character, people stare at you, ask you what is stands for, why you are wearing it, and it also bothers! Like all the time, i will get bugged. Now imagine, Hester had to wear the letter for the rest of her life, we just had to wear it a week; I would go insane if i was Hester.
Overall the activity and the story itself were awesome. i really thank my AP Lit teacher for itnroducing this story to us.
