Like people who raised their children alone, the task can be very challenging. It's something that won't kill you but makes you stronger. Hester got stronger because of Pearl, she became more confident. She went through struggles that women in her time didn't. Hester is a good example for women (esp. for single parents) who want to change and be a better person. She overcame the punishment of her adultery (persecution). “...which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself.” (52) Hester endured all the punishment to herself instead of giving the name of the man she had sinned with. Hester didn’t mind the humiliation, she even accepted the A as a part of her. She displayed strength.
Hester didn't need anyone’s help, unlike the Puritan women back in the day. She can multitask, she took care of her daughter. And supported her and herself at the same time. Even though she was young and inexperienced. Pearl was the only thing that kept Hester going, her daughter was the only one she had. “She possessed an art that sufficed, …show more content…
“The rulers, and the wise and learned men of the community, were longer in acknowledging the influence of Hester's good qualities than the people.” (168) She took care of the sick people in the community, she was involved in charity work. She used her sewing talent to make clothes for the poor. She didn’t fight anyone, Hester was marvellous and merciful. She counteracted her sins by good deeds. “..nay, more, they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token, not of that one sin for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since. ‘Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge?’ they would say to strangers. ‘It is our Hester--the town's own Hester--who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comfortable to the afflicted!’"
Hester didn't need anyone’s help, unlike the Puritan women back in the day. She can multitask, she took care of her daughter. And supported her and herself at the same time. Even though she was young and inexperienced. Pearl was the only thing that kept Hester going, her daughter was the only one she had. “She possessed an art that sufficed, …show more content…
“The rulers, and the wise and learned men of the community, were longer in acknowledging the influence of Hester's good qualities than the people.” (168) She took care of the sick people in the community, she was involved in charity work. She used her sewing talent to make clothes for the poor. She didn’t fight anyone, Hester was marvellous and merciful. She counteracted her sins by good deeds. “..nay, more, they had begun to look upon the scarlet letter as the token, not of that one sin for which she had borne so long and dreary a penance, but of her many good deeds since. ‘Do you see that woman with the embroidered badge?’ they would say to strangers. ‘It is our Hester--the town's own Hester--who is so kind to the poor, so helpful to the sick, so comfortable to the afflicted!’"