When I was first reading it, I got very confused with the language that Hawthorne uses. I loved the concept of the book but the language really killed me. But everything else was great. There was a lot of symbolism with nature and with Pearl's name. The book was definitely filled with a lot of descriptions. I usually like descriptions but when Hawthorne describes something it takes about five pages to get his point across. When I was reading the long descriptions of the Governor getting elected I thought "is this necessary?" but that is Hawthorne's style. Not enough dialogue for me. Every time I came to a new chapter i would there was some type of dialogue but most of the time I was greatly disappointed.
Drama was great. But I hated the ending. I was very positive that Chillingworth would kill Dimmesdale but Dimmesdale pretty much just plopped down and died. I kinda knew that Dimmesdale was the father pretty early in the book. So not too many surprises. I enjoy when there are conflicts in a story so the whole religion versus love and passion definitely spiced things up. Hawthorne did make me feel sympathy for Hester. If that was what he wanted to do then he accomplished that.
So pretty much i liked the concept but not the language. It was alittle predictable and the ending was not that great but overall it was ok.
Ashlee, good job developing your blog thus far and good posts for the the most part. Do make sure you are adhering to standard grammar and mechanics, and more importantly, make sure you try to answer all questions. Remember, if you're wrong or change your mind, you can always go back and edit your posts. Also, make sure you are posting comments on your peers' blogs!
ReplyDeletei had a similar prediction with the whole dimmesdale vs. chillingsworth drama. i really thoght that chillingsworth would kill heste, pearl, and dimmesdale
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