My Self-Reliant Life “Don’t depend too much on anyone but yourself, even your shadow leaves you when its dark,” –anonymous. This is a quote I have dedicated my life to, because in the end everyone leaves. In The Scarlet Letter Hester Prynne made a mistake and was branded for life. In the novel, the letter “A” was given to Hester as a humiliating punishment for Adultery. Although I am not branded, my letter would be “S” for self-reliant… This represents me in many enduring times in my life. When I was young my life was flipped upside down. My parents were getting a divorce, and I had no idea what was going on, nor what I was going to do. Everything was going fine until my dad had found a new girlfriend. She later became my stepmom, or stepmonster
