Chapter 1 and 2

 The prison embodies the severity of puritan law. The law is coated in the rust of tradition and obsolete purpose. The door remains tightly shut and iron-clamped because despite the evolution of society, the laws have not kept up.
 The crowds reaction and Hester's punishment shows that Puritan values have no mercy. These images show the Puritan belief that sin not only permeates our world but that it should actively sought out and exposed so that it can be punished publicly.  Because unlike her fellow townspeople,  Hester accepts her humanity rather than struggle against it, it contradicts the values that Hawthorne is trying to portray. he simply accepts the "sin: and although she can hardly believe her present "realities," she takes them as they are rather than go against them or trying to resist them. 

The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter seems like a powerful novel. It will probably make me, as the reader, vulnerable. Tears might flow during the reading of the passage and my emotions will probably explode. It sounds like a novel that will take me back in time and make me feel what he felt when he wrote it. Since, hurt and passion led Nathaniel to writing this letter, i am sure the reader will feel every sense of pain and anguish as well. I'm looking forward to going on this journey.