The Scarlet Letter Question #2

    At the beginning the novel, Hester’s American Dream was to no longer being labeled as a sinner. She didn’t want to wear the scarlet letter “A” on her clothing. This letter, when she was first required to wear it, was seen as a very negative symbol so she was constantly frowned upon in her town. Everyone is aware that the “A” on her clothing stood for Adultery and she was given little to no respect at first because of what she had done. She wants to be seen as everyone else, equal, and no longer a sinner who has broken the rules of her community. As the novel goes on, her American Dream changes to accepting the letter and wearing it with little shame and searching for freedom. She becomes a strong woman and wears the letter everywhere as she has to. She gains respect from many of the town’s people by wearing the letter. Towards the end of the book, Hester even tries to run away to another town and no longer wear her scarlet letter “A.” but she realizes, with the help of her daughter that the letter itself isn’t stopping her freedom. She accepts the crime she has done and wears the symbol proudly.

Hester Prynne's American Dream in the beginning of the book is to have a normal life with her daughter Pearl and to be accepted back into society and to not be looked upon as a sinner. She cheated on her husband with a man named Arthur while he was away and she got pregnant with Pearl. Because she committed adultery she was punished by wearing the scarlet letter "A". Towards the end of the book her American Dream changes again into wanting her freedom with Pearl and Arthur. She doesn't care about what the scarlet letter represents or even what society thinks of her, She just wants her freedom with her family. Even though Arthur dies before achieving there dream, Pearl gets to live her life in freedom.

Hester in the beginning has the American Dream of, thought if you worked hard would get you what you wanted. Her hard work was not for wealth though; it's all to omit her from the label that she is a sinner. Later on in the book, her dream changes to Freedom. As a Puritan, they believe that God controls every aspect of life. Hester doesn't really like this. She struggled with letting God run her life, she wanted to make her own path.

In the beginning Hester just wanted to be treated and seen as an equal individual instead of being looked down on as a sinner. But then throughout the novel her dream changes. Towards the end of the novel, Hester's dream is to move away from her miserable life in her town and raise a family elsewhere.

    In the beginning of the “The Scarlet Letter” Hester’s American Dream is to be treated equality among her town. She wanted to live a normal life with her husband when he came back from Amsterdam. That changes when she has a relationship with Reverend Dimmesdale and gets pregnant with his child. Hester gets punished for this and has to wear a red letter “A” on her at all times to show her sin. She doesn’t want society to think of her as a disgrace because of her actions. After seven years of being looked down upon from her town she decides that she’s not going to be judged because of a mistake she made years ago. Hester’s American dream changes and raising her daughter Pearl becomes her first priority. She wants her daughter to have a better life away from the Puritan society. Hester wishes to be free and live her own life with no one judging her.

Hesters American Dream is to be looked at as a normal women instead of a whore because wherever she went out, people looked at her like she was smelly garbage. As the story progresses she loses interest in the colony and just decides to leave. She moves into a house outside the colony and works as a seamstress. Hester raises Pearl to be the best she can be even though she wasn't a legitimate child. She then takes off the letter and uses it as a passport when she goes into town.