Chapter 1 - 2

In chapter 1, a prison door is surrounded by a group of Puritan settlers. I think that the author starts the story next to a prison door, because he wants to introduce a new character.They are dressed in dark, simple clothing, and wear serious expressions. Just to the side of the door is a single wild rose bush covered with flowers. In this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned criminal as he came forth to his doom. In chapter 2, the townspeople talk about the prison's captive, a woman named Hester Prynne, who is being held for the crime of adultery. She leaves the prison with her three-month old daughter, Pearl, and proceeds through a throng of whispering people to the town scaffolds, where she will stand for the entire morning, until an hour past meridian.The townspeople get a first glimpse of the Scarlet Letter, 'A' for Adultery, which Hester will be forced to wear from that day forward. The townspeople are both impressed by the skill of the embroidery and shocked by its beauty. The Scarlet Letter is in sharp contrast to the traditional clothing of the Puritan settlers. During this ordeal, Hester recounts in her head memories of life before she left England for the colonies.

The Scarlet Letter

My friends have mentioned the book to me, but i never actually read it. After reading this background i know have an idea of what to expect. In the summary it said that Hester goes to jail for "Adultery". Her and her husband were separated for two years. And i doubt with there being such strict Christan laws divorce was out of the question. It was time for Hester to move on to someone else, and do what she wanted to do. It is also interesting that this was a society governed by Puritans, religious men and women who settled at Plymouth Rock, founded Boston, and began the experiment that grew into the United States of America.I cant wait to start reading this book.