Overview

The Scarlet Letter

By:Nathaniel Hawthorne

I chose this book because I though it would be a really interesting read. Its about Hester Prynne and her struggles as a woman who has had an affair and had the child of a married man. Which is known to be socially unacceptable.

The story is set in the 17th Century in Boston, Massachusetts in a Puritan village.

So far in the book, Hester Prynne walked out of her prison and stepped on to the town scaffold. She was forced public humiliation by standing in front of the whole town with a scarlet “A” on her dress, as punishment for her sin.

I would think that the design on the cover would be something like the scarlet letter described in the book.