Moment (Page #) 2 Quotations (Pages #s) Literary Device Connection/Significance Chapter 6 – Pages 85-97 – (34-38%) This chapter basically goes into detail about the forbidden daughter of Hester whose name is Pearl. The first quotation is not from a scene, but rather just the author introducing you a bit more to Pearl.…
This struggle continues on through Pearl’s life, should be just viewed as this symbol of sin, or should she be seen as a person. The narrator looks at Pearl in a different way, seeing her also as a symbol of retribution for the sin that Hester committed. This attempt for redemption can be seen in something as simple as Pearl’s…
Pearl’s role in The Scarlet Letter is largely significant because she deters Hester from evil and its’ temptations. Not only do her actions deem her human, but she proves to the town through her actions that she is not what they thought she was. Pearl develops into quite the young lady and she also begins to take matters into her own hands by questioning the authority figures around her. Her rise to the level of main character is supported by the fact that she matures into a more realistic and believable character. The tale of Pearl captures her forwardness towards the townspeople in her pursuit, along with her significance to the novel as a whole, and the fascinating development of her rise to the title of main…
Children are often considered the people who bring out the best parts of human nature. This is partly a result of the care and love children demand, and their simplistic lives. Pearl, in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, does not have a life of simplicity, as she is welcomed into the Puritan world as an “elf-child.” However, she indirectly functions as a spark, igniting better versions of those who surround her.…
While reading The Scarlet Letter, I was introduced to many characters such as Hester Prynne, Arthur Dimmesdale, Roger Chillingworth, and Pearl Prynne. Of all the main characters in the story, the person I most empathize with is Pearl. Even though Pearl is a little girl, I can understand, in a way, what she is going through. Throughout the beginning of the story, she has no idea who her father is. While I have known my father for my whole life i have known of people who have never met their own fathers, and i can understand what confusion she must have felt as a young child.…
Point of View I, you, he, she, we, and they may seem like nothing more than a couple pronouns but when it comes to the book you are reading the author actually had to put in a lot of time deciding which pronoun he or she wanted to use. Depending on the pronouns used translates to the reader who the narrator is in the book, which affects the story tremendously. When the reader begins to read “The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA” by Manuel Munoz…
Her personalities change so frequently, she can be symbolized as a coin; having two personalities that are regarded as two parts of her own being. Pearl has a tremendous meaning to her mother. Hester loves her child more than anything. Even though the townspeople see Pearl as being strange and a “devil child”, Hester doesn’t let what the others think bother her. To Hester, Pearl symbolizes a blessing and her greatest treasure, just as Hawthorne claims in the book, “she named her…
Pearl is essentially established by Hawthorn as the living embodiment of Hester’s crime. Therefore, by putting Hester in both social and physical isolation with Pearl and her feelings of guilt, Hawthorne establishes that Hester is able to consider her status in society and come to terms with her…
Symbolism has been in human history since the very beginning, especially in books and poems. It is a way to teach and reach a better understanding of our world or an idea. Nathaniel Hawthorne provides many examples of symbolism in his novel, The Scarlet Letter. Every character provides a different idea, but they are all related and share the topic of sin. You might ask what the scarlet letter, the central symbol of the book, could mean.…
Pearl constantly stirred trouble and pain for her mother, especially when it came to Hester’s personal misery, “‘Was ever such a child!’ observed Hester aside to the minister. ‘Oh, I have much to tell thee about her! But, in very truth, she is right as regards this hateful token. I must bear its torture yet a little longer-’”…
Bell hooks used a variety of strategies and techniques to attract her audience in her book: introduction to teaching and transgress. This paper will focus on the chapter on education as the practice of freedom. The strategies and techniques portrayed in this chapter include drawing readers with the first sentence, strategic formatting, short paragraphs, clear writing and a conversational tone (Hohenshel and Hand, 36). The chapter starts off with Bell Hook explaining why she was preoccupied by dreams of consecutively away from Oberlin College.…
Throughout Alas Babylon, Pat Frank uses third person omniscient as the point of view. The use of the words they, them, their, him/her, he/she, and the characters’ names. For example, “Florence gathered her pink flannel robe closer to her neck. She glanced up, apprehensively, through the kitchen window. All she saw were hibiscus leaves dripping in the pre-dawn ground fog, and blank grey sky beyond.(3)”…
It is obvious to me that this story is Omniscient. Although, I can also understand why someone would think it is a Limited omniscient. The point of view is given by the narrator of the story. Although the story focuses on Nae, the narrator's thoughts, and feelings, it also shows the feelings of other characters. Often the emotion given from other characters was given after an event that was taken out of hand by Nae.…
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s classic, The Scarlet Letter, offers to reveal these human conditions, allegorizing through each of the characters. Pearl characterizes universal truth through her interrogation of Hester, her attitude towards Reverend Dimmesdale, and her acclamation of whom she is and where she’s from. Hawthorne has Pearl question and analyze Hester frequently to assist in his purpose of truth. Pearl begs her mother, even as a toddler, to tell her who she is. She announces to Hester in chapter six, “It is thou that must tell me!”…
3.1. Definition of Third Person Effect (TPE) Throughout a human's life, the person has exposed so many stimuli from everywhere. Especially when this era is accepted as the technology era and the mass media is so effective one of it, being exposed to these stimuli seems a quite normal thing for people. How can be said that the people can stay away from these stimuli when the outdoor advertisements are seen at least by thirty-five people in a day unconsciously? Another question can be asked like this: If people assume that they are exposed to these stimuli which are coming from the mass media, do these people get influenced by the messages which are given by them?…