Nathaniel Ayers

Second, Hogan even further elaborates this significance on nature by portraying this aspect of A’atsika tradition and its impact on Thomas and Ruth. Through the main characters of the novel, Hogan is able to show how deeply this value is rooted in the self and its impact in understanding the worth of one’s life in relation to A’atsika morals and traditions. For example, Hogan shows how these values push Thomas to hate the person who he has become due to his disconnectedness. Hogan elaborates on…

In the novel The Scarlet Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the theme of sin and hypocrisy which is used throughout the characters of Hester Prynne and Arthur Dimmesdale to show the biggest flaw that everyone carries, sin. Sin is an unavoidable, immoral action that every individual cannot deny and in this novel specifically; judgment is the main sin that takes place within the town and is directed towards Hester. Although the sin committed that the townspeople noticed and shamed Hester for was…

Due to the Puritanical beliefs of the society 1630s, Pearl was destined to be hated before she was even born. The townspeople expect Hester to give birth to an ugly and demonic child because it is the direct product of sin. The fact that Pearl looks completely normal is a very radical idea for the Puritan society, and could be a comment on how ridiculous their beliefs were. The extreme stigma that surrounded any kind of sin at that time guaranteed that Pearl, the product of that sin, would be…

really are.” Indeed, appearances aren’t always what they seem, and people should be so quick to trust or mistrust someone base on them. Because a person’s real identity can be completely different from their appearance. In Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne and The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe, both authors make biblical connections to the devil thru their characters Montresor and the traveler. Whom share similarities and are deceivers, embodiments of the devil who masquerade…

Faith is the core of any human heart and without strong faith people will ultimately become corrupt and fail. The corruptibility of the people is shown throughout the entire story with the loss of innocence. With the first two characters introduced both seem innocent as can be. In “Young Goodman Brown,” Hawthorne creates a fictional character who decides to meet the devil in the forest. Hawthorne uses Brown’s weakness in faith, loss of innocence, fear of the wilderness, and witchcraft to…

As well as offering a structure for the novel, religious concerns dominate the content as John mulls over the expectations that he will follow his father, Gabriel’s calling and be a preacher. Throughout John’s story, a lot was expected from him; he was expected to live the holy life, to pour his soul into the religion and accept it as a part of his life, and most importantly, “everyone had always said that John would be a preacher when he grew up” (pg.1). All of these expectations from his…

Treegap is the village where Tuck Everlasting takes place. It has a wood, a road, a cottage, a jailhouse and gallows. The road that goes through Treegap is long and windy. The author uses personification to describe how it twists and turns. The road wasn’t really much of a road, it is more like a rock path, but in the epilogue of the book it gets covered in tarmac. The cottage has a touch-me-not appearance that makes it look very proud of itself. It was a square house with perfectly cut grass…

The novel The Scarlet Letter is set in Boston, Massachusetts between 1642 to 1649. It shows how the Puritan society with the ignominy of the protagonist Hester for the sin she and Rev. Dimmesdale have committed. The novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne displays how the different settings affect the feelings of Hester, Dimmesdale, and of Pearl. Throughout the novel, Hester acts differently in both the town and the forest. The result of the sin, she isolates herself “on the outskirts…

As the community comes together to witness the shaming of Hester Prynne for the grievous crime of producing a child without her husband’s presence, one of the women states, “At the very least, they should have put the brand of a hot iron on Hester Prynne’s forehead”(Hawthorne 42). The extreme sentiment demonstrates none of the compassion one might expect from a people who had set-forth on a perilous journey seeking freedom from tyranny and persecution. The venom with which it is spewed, which…

I split my canvas into 4 parts, leaving the center blank to put a quote. I planned on making the top left corner represent Hazel, the top right represent Gus, the bottom left represent friends and family helping Hazel through tough times, and the bottom right represent the book that Hazel and Gus were obsessed with. I started with the background color for the top half. Which was an ombre coming from both sides from dark blue which represented sadness to yellow which represented happiness. This…