Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Chapter 3
In chapter 3 we see a true side of Hester as she refuses to give up her child's fathers name to the council. By doing this Hester has portrayed her loyalty to this man(could possible be the man in the crowd?). Hester late on makes eye contact with a white man whom stares back at her and as Hester is doing this she is being taunted by the throngs of women, men, and children of such ages. Hester is later on sent to prison and the gender of her child is a girl.
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Any comments on why Hester may have not said the child's fathers name?
ReplyDeleteThe father is obviously the reverend. Anyone else would be acting incredibly guilty, plus their family and friends would think something is up if they disappeared hours on end. The reverend is secluded from the towns people, and has the mental capacity and demeanor to keep the guilt off his face. Also he is the one showing Hester the most sympathy, and he relates to her like he knows her intimately(coincidence? I think not). Finally, during his little speech to Hester he's basicly saying "please tell us who the father is, becuase maybe the father (I) doesn't have the courage to say he (I) did it, himself (myself)." Plus he's described as having sharp and handsome features, and when is there ever a story where the protagonist hooked up with the ugly person. Plus on the back in the summary it says reverend arthur has to cope with his immense guilt. So all in all, if it's not the reverend I'd be pleasently surpised
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly, I didn't see that coming as of the reverend being a possibly father to this 3-4 month old baby.😃
ReplyDeleteIf it is the reverend then the reason she doesn't want to say is because I feel like the reverend would have it worse. Since everyone looks up to him and expects more from him, when they find out that he had committed a sin, then he will lose the respect and trust from the people. LIke Mrs. Ross said in class when she used the example of what if your pastor (if you go to church) committed adultery and told everyone, how do you think the people would react?
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ReplyDeleteIt would make sense since if baby daddy could be someone from a high class, Hester could possibly respect that person and keep the dad a secret, but want I surprised bout that if it is someone in a high class shouldn't he take up the responsibly and show the is no coward?
ReplyDeleteWell, what if he is noble class.
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ReplyDeleteThe father is the clergyman, Mrs. Ross said it in class. It also was behind my version of the book today.
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