RyanCE though The Crucible was bad? Yeah? Did he ever have to read The Scarlet Letter? Apparently not.Take the boredom of The Crucible and multiply it by whatever extreme you want and there you have The Scarlet Letter. How is this so well regarded? Hawthorne's magnificent work is 400 pages of a whore who cheats on her husband, has a kid, is ridiculed, and refuses to name its father. Jesus Christ, was everyone in the 17th century retarded? Did we need 400 pages of confusing 17th century dialogue and inaction? I can see this book being relevant and a good read when it was released, but why is it forced on us now? Are our teachers trying to teach us the morals of guilt, repentence, and to not sin? Well holy fuck, I better not ever cheat on my wife, I don't want to to wear a fucking red letter.
It's sad to say, but at least The Scarlet Letter is a little more interesting than The Crucible. It's just so pretentious, though, and stretched over 400 long and boring pages of dialogue that makes me long for Shakespeare's prose. This book's about adultery, guilt, revenge, and repent, shouldn't there be some fucking action? Did anyone in the 1600's do anything except talk? Hester's 'Scarlet Letter' is just a fucking A stitched onto her shirt, why doesn't she just rip it off and move away from her idiotic town that has her wear it? 'Roger Chillingworth' is just Hester's husband in disguise, she doesn't recognize anything about him? And his name doesn't tip her off? That's like Edmond in The Count of Monte Cristo coming back to Mersaille with the name Joseph McBadintentions.
Jesus Christ, I feel for you if you've had to read it or have to soon. If you think you're going to try and get off easy and watch a movie adaptation, haha, are you in for a fucking surprise. They're all terrible and the one with Demi Moore contains an awkward sex scene that'll make you feel like a pervert having to watch it with a class.
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