"The perfect book"
Since its first publishing in March of 1850, The Scarlet Letter has never been out of print.
Even today, Hawthorne’s romance is one of the best-selling books on the market. Perhaps The Scarlet Letter is so popular, because its beauty lies in the symbols and characters.
Each generation can interpret it and see its subtle meanings and appreciate the genius lying behind what many critics call “the perfect book.”
Having read the whole story, who is or are your favourite characters?
Why?
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hi rosa!
I haven't read the story yet, but today I'll start.
When I finish I'll tell you what's my favorite character, but I will have to wait a few days to do that.
I only wanted to say you hello and congratulation you for the new blog.
I now that this commentary it's too short, but by the next time I'll write more things.
see you soon!
byee
( I now that there are many mistakes, but I haven't got time to write, because I have to read the book!!! )
Patry
hi Rosa!
today, I haven't reading the book because I haven't time. Today I'm studying for a english exam. Tomorrow I will study for a History exam, and friday I continue qith the book, but I don't understand more.
I would like to write a longer text, but I don't know writing in english...
the commentary certainly is wrong...
But it has been tried.
I going to study english.
byE!
TaTi
hi rosa!
I haven't read the story, but I read this weekend.
sorry, but no time
exams, exams and exams
another day I comment a lot.
byeee
hello Rosa!
Today I have start to read the book. At the moment, I'm not sure about my favorite character, because I've only read twenty pages, but tomorrow I hope to read much more.
I think this year the story of the book its better than the other years, because it's diferent and more interesting.
Happy weekend!!
Bye!!
Eva
teacher.
I´ve read 3 pages and i think that this book won´t like me...
I don't know what can I do, because if I read the book I supouse that I´ll pass the exam, but I´ve got five exams this week, and I think that they´re more important than reading the scarlet letter.
but i think that I´ll read it... or if I don't have time, I´ll watch the film. you say there were two films, one with the same end.
not much to tell you.
see you in class.
Hi Rose!
I've read the book a few days ago.
I was ill, so I had time enough to read and understand it.
In mi opinion it is a very interesting story, not like the unforgettable "Jumping Frog" that was silly and boring. The Scarlet letter is more adecuate for our old.
My favourite character is Hester Prynne, of course.
She is a brave woman.I like too much the way that she face up her problems.For example, giving birth her daughter forgetting the opinion of the puritans.
The worst characters for me are two; Roger Chillingworth, because he moves only for revenge, and the young priest Master Dimmesdale, because I cannot understand how can a man live seven years without talking with his daughter or the woman he loves, in my opinion the young priest is very selfish and cowardly.
Well, I hope I will pass the exam next day.Pherhaps it is easy and we have no problem to pass it.
See you soon,
àStrid
Hi Rosa!
It's one o'clock and I've been reading the book since I woke up. Now, nearly three hours later, I have just finished it.
In my opinion, this is a good book, much better than other histories about indians, frogs and monkey's paws. This story is different: it's intriguing, exciting and I also think that it's very interesting realise about customes of past epochs; customes with punishments that are always really hard.
In short, I've enjoyed this reading a lot but, in despite of that, it has been difficult to understand. It has a lot of new vocabulary and sometimes is difficult to follow the action of the story. Now, I have some doubts, for example: in the end, what happens with reverend Dimmesdale, how does he die?
I hope that tomorrow you will help me asking some of this questions!
That's all,
see you in class!!
Hello Rosa!
Thank you for the blog, because if I don't want the blog wich explain the main carachters, I can't understand the story, because this book has strange and new vocabulary for me, and some chapters I don't understand very well, and, with the blog, I can understand better the story.
I hope that the exam of the book will be easy.
Well, I must go to read the book for tomorrow. The next time I will write a longer text.
See you tomorrow, bye.
the anonim is Marc Soler, sorry
Hi rosa!!
I finished reading the book and the truth is that I have been quite entertaining.
At first I thought it was a boring book, as others before us had read in class, but this is quite the opposite.Ultimately this book is easy to read and anyone can do it.
The text above is mine.
hey!
how are you doing?
my favourite character was, of course, Hester. it's an intelligent woman who manage to be happy in the misery. after her work, people even respect her and appreciate her, because she deserve it after the fight. so this is admirable. she knows how to act in front of the opposite situations.
the book was great and easy to read and understand.
in spite of the fact it's a good book, i don't agree with the quote that many critics say that it's the perfect book. ok, it's a good book, but we don't need to exaggerate.
i just leave it here.
oh, i left you another comment in the first thread.
bye!
Hello Rosa!
I've already finished the Scarlet Letter. I like it versy much!
This story was so sad. Poor Hester Prynne.
The worst character hs been to Roger. Who can be seven years doing a revenge? It is not human. I think he was a devil!
Anyway, I think that this book is a good reading to improve our english!
Congratulations for the page. So good!
See you soon!
claudia
hi rosa!
this afternoon I've finished reading the book, and now, I've been taking a look to resolve some doubts. I think this book it isn't very very difficult but there is a lof of new vocabulary and you have to use the diccionary.
my favorite character is the little Pearl, because I think she's too intelligent and she loves and cares her mother a lot, it's beautiful to see it. More things taht they like me of Pearl are that she's always happy and this history needs someone's laught, because there is a lot of pain in it, and Pearl is the light of the story, the happy character.
I hope that the exam will be not difficult, tomorrow, If I can, I'll comment you giving my opinion of the exam.
see you torrow in class!
good night*
Patry
Hi rosa!
Today I have the exam, and i think I fail it because there is too difficult to answer it, I really think so and my friends too.
My favourit character is the little Pearl, I don't know why but I like the way that girls live.
wiSSo*
hi Rosa,
My favorite character is reverend Dimmesdale because he loves Hester and he want to say that he is the pearl´s father,and he is very good and generous with her children.
And I don´t write more because I don´t know that say more.
Hello Rosa!
Today has been the day: THE DAY OF THE EXAM. Because of that, I will comment about it; and tomorrow I'll comment about what you told to Patry and me: about my favourite character.
Well, the exam... What an exam Rosa! It's been difficult for me answer some questions about fill in the blanks, put the events in order and especially the questions about "who said this?" and "who said this to?". Oh please, haw can I know who said "Look! Look! Look at yourself" or something like this if everybody can say it?
All these things, and also the new vocabulary is why I think that is difficult to pass this exam.
In despite of all that, I have to recognize that it's been grate read the book; and know this story realising about the unfair penalties of past epoches has been really interesting.
That's all,
see you tomorrow!!
bye!
Hi!
I'm the first to comment after the exam, and i've got the obligation to say that the exam was too difficult for our level. (only read our comment, they're...)
The book was very interesting. I enjoy it a lot. And the vocabulary wasn't as difficuld as i thought before the reading.
Well, this is all for today.
Yours faithfully,
Kevin Abellan
Sorry, i'm the second to comment about the exam...
byee
Hello!
It's very late, at about one o'clock am (yes, am) but I'm here again to fulfil my promise: I'm going to sepak (write) about my favorite character.
The character I like most is Hester Prynne, and not only for being one of the main characters of the story. Apart from that, I like her because I think that she's a really strong person. She lives in a very strict Puritan settlement where she's strongely punished and where she has to put up with townspeople gazing deeply the token of shame and sin that she's condemned to wear on her bosom.
In despite of all that, Hester is a good and humble person, a person who loves her daughter with an inconditional love. She's not an evil and because of her good deeds (like helping poor people or women who were burdened with sorrow, sin and suffering) and her frailty, finally other people shut up and ignore the scarlet letter of her chest.
I like Hester Pryne because she's a real fighter able to get what she wants, to get RESPECT.
That's all, I go to bed.
Good night!
hi rosa!
I read all the book, but the examen was really difficult for us, I think. And the book too. The vocabulary wasn't of our level and I didn't understand a lot of things.
My favourit character is little Pearl, I don't know why, maybe because she is very sweet.
Well, I have to go now.
Have a nice weekend!!!
XXX
Sergi
Hi Rosa!
Last Tuesday we've done the Scarlet Letter exam. After reading the story, I think that the most interesting character is the little Pearl, because she is a very curious child.
She loves a lot her mother and I think that she's a very observant girl, because she pay attention at all things that happened arround her.
Good weekend and see you soon!
Almudena Rodríguez
hi rosa!
I read the book and it was difficult for understand
the exam was very difficult
the character who i like the most is little Pearl because she become to a rich girl
bye and congratulations for the web
hi rosa!
I read the book and it was difficult for understand
the exam was very difficult
the character who i like the most is little Pearl because she become to a rich girl
bye and congratulations for the web
Hi Rosa
I read the book, but the exam was really difficult.
My favorite character is Hester Prynne because is a good mother and Pearl because is a very curios little girl.
I wanted to say you hello and congratulation you for the new blog.
Good weekend
Roser López
Hi Rosa!!!!
My favourite character is Hester Prynne because she goes with a person who loves!!!!!!!!
I love romantic storyyyy
Hi teacher,
I'm in Paris now, I've been all this days in Disneyland Paris so I had listened a lot of people speaking english and I tried to understend them.
My favourite character is Pearl because she can understend the feelings of the people and she can go on with her live when she left America.
I think that the exam was difficult, I read the book but the questions were very difficult.
It's all.
Bisous(kisses)
Ari
HELLOW!( how argi says)
Here we are to talk about the difficult exam, and give our opinions about our favourite character.
How Àstrid said (copy and paste PUM) in another comentary above,her favourite character is Hester Pryne,and I agree with her.
We both think that the exam was extremly difficult for high school level.We don't think there will be good marks.
there are a lot of questions that anybody could answer:
·why some people talk english like indians?
·why some people forget to write the most important part of a verb, verb TO BE?
· why some people said SACARLET when they really want to mean SCARLET?
well, at this very moment, somebody ( like argi) is probably looking for some mistakes in our comentary.
Nobody could be better doing mistakes than people who write: SACARLET, or HELLOW.
but,hey, be calm, because we forgive you.
Well, good weekend for everybody.
See you in class.
èRic and àStRid.
Hi rosa.
Yesterday I talk with one girl the other city and she said me she also reading this book anh she talk with she’s teacher for visit this blogspot.
Bye techer
Hello! Dear Rosa,
I read the book of “The Scarlet Letter” and it is very boring, heavy and difficult. And I have a lot of exams every day and i don't have time.
My favorite character is Hester Prynnes but he is very courageous, independent, hard-working, organized, cheerful and he doesn’t care about what other people say.
The wars character is Roger Chillingworth because he is serious, moody. Ambitious and very revenge. I don’t like the pair to Hester Prynne for a very different character.
Good bye**
Hello Rosa
Deprisoner of reading the Scarlet letter I can say you in a sincere way that for me it has been very boring since for me it has been a little heavy and difficult. And how I have had many examinations I could not decidar the posible weather.
My favorite character is a Hester Prynnes since I like her their form of acting him independent, in a hard way working, organized, cheerful and really the that me month liked him her form of not paying attention of him that the people suggested|said of her.
Until another
Hello Rosa,
I disagree with you that the exam was easy, I'm argue with you, the exam was very difficul, because it's imposible remember all the words in the history and who say this and who say to, it's impossible!!!!
But, the history it's great and it's good to know the mentality of the first colonian people of the United States.
Bye Rosa
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