Personal Review of The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter written by Nathaniel Hawkthorne was written in 1850. The genre of the book is a Romance I believe. There are four major characters within the book, Hester Prynne, Pearl, Arthur Dimmesdale and the secret Rodger Chillingworth. There are three major conflicts within the book, one of the first conflicts can be seen as Hester against Society, Hester is shown with a scarlet A upon her bosom upon the actions of adultery. She is seen upon as a sin filled woman. The second of conflicts is as well between her and the society, they wish to cast her out of the town seen as a woman only of sin however; Arthur Dimmesdale, the minister goes against this and allows the woman to stay. The third of the conflicts is between Rodger and Arthur,  Rodger mentally tortures Arthur into guilt and keeps harassing him. I mainly loved the style of this book and what it was about. It made me think about how different ideas and personalities twine in this way of seeing the old times. I recommend this book to those who like seeing a strong woman protagonist and those who like to see what independence can get people through.