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Chidi Agbakwuru asked this question about The Scarlet Letter:
Is it worth my time ? i want to read.
Rachel The simple answer is yes. I hope you have. I am making a habit of re-reading this book. It was the only classic that had interested me in high school,…mǰThe simple answer is yes. I hope you have. I am making a habit of re-reading this book. It was the only classic that had interested me in high school, but I didn't get too into it, past the way that Emma Stone's character does in Easy A. I related to it, a little superficially... Don't most teens feel like a persecuted outcast sometimes? But, the older I get and the more I experience in my life, it carries more meaning each year and the characters become more vivid to me. There's so much to glean from it. It can raise so many questions. I mean, there's food for thought in there about society, religion, spirituality, honesty, crime and punishment, morality, the separation of church and state, relationships, fidelity, friendship, parenthood, grief. If you really look there are interesting possibilities for food for thought when it comes to psychology for sure. If you enjoy imagery, and if you are a sucker for a metaphor, it definitely delivers there. Having said that, Nathaniel Hawthorne was a wordy SOB. If this is all that stops you from reading it, skip the customs house and press on.(less)
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