What I'm Reading...for class
The book that has been assigned to us is called The Scarlet Letter. Many of you have probably read this book or enjoyed watching a movie, play, or skit put on about it. I have a few things to say about this book while I have been reading through it.
1. Why describe to the greatest detail something so unimportant as walking out of a jail cell. I couldn't believe that they spent almost 5 pages about her walking from the jail cell to the place where she will stand for 3 hours as punishment.
2. The words used in this book are crazy...ignimony? What on earth. I would you the common English language. Yes, yes, the book was written a long time ago, but who wanted to listen to that talk back then anyway. Well, I'm beginning to sound like a Democrat so I better stop.
3. The daughter of Hester Prynne (the woman with the A on her) is being called a demon child throughout the whole book. That's weird, reminds me of the Exorcist...(not that I've seen it, nasty movie, now that's demonic)and names the child a litte elf-child. The real reason for all of these names is because it is a constant reminder to the mother that the sin she committed. I still think it's weird though...
Well, that's what I don't like so far...oh yeah one more thing, there is basically no dialogue! The book is just a big old description of what is happening. I don't particulary like that in books unless it's actually interesting. Which this is not...
Book rating-1/2 star out of 5...*crowd-awwww*
That is wonderful that the whole book is symbolic. The problem is that the symbolism takes up the whole book! No dialogue! No excitement, no fighting. Just "oh, I walked to the scaffold but the red rose that lay upon the table was blown by the wind why my little Pearl (daughter) looked upon it with fury." And somehow that represents symbolism. Oh my, even though that passage I just made it up, soo have a great day.
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Josh Kopp |
7:27 AM