Hester committed adultery at the beginning of the story. For a punishment she was made to stand on a scaffold and wear a red A. At first people despised her and thought bad of her. As you read you notice that the towns people begin to like her because she helps the poor and shows that she cares about her daughter. The people don't forget about the sin that she committed though.

Connecting with Hester

Once in my life time I wasn't invited to my friends birthday party. He made out like I was his best friend and when his party came around I was the one that wasn't invited. I then felt like I had been played. It was like I had no friends. Then one time I had a girl friend and she said everyday that I was the only one in her life. Then valentines day came and she got her $600 pair of ear rings from me and said its over loser. Later that day her and some dude was tied up in the hall. I felt horrible.

conversation hearts poem

Babe you are the one in my truck
you are as special as my wall hanger buck
I became your boy friend through air proxy
I clicked on you cause you are big and foxy


I gave you my number and you began to text me
I could never tell you to let me be
You wanted to kiss me and touch my butt
Then I asked you to be mine at pizza hut

The Puritans believed that being lazy was a sin. A typical day started at dawn and ended at dusk. Their lives focused on religion and God. Attending church was mandatory. Puritans focused on living simple and peaceful lives. In 1530, the English separated from the Roman Catholic Church and reformed their beliefs. The Church of England became the English Protestant Church. After 1560, the people who wanted to continue the "purification" of the church were called Puritans. If a practice was not in the Bible, the Puritans wanted to eliminate it. However, the Puritans could not agree on how far to purify. Those who wanted more purification broke away. A group came to America in 1620; the great migration to New England started in 1630. Once the Puritans arrived, they worked in the New England Colonies and placed the church and God as the center of their lives. The ministers of the church were very influential people in these colonies. Family was very important to the Puritans and most were farming families. The average Puritans lived longer than the people in England, and many lived long enough to be grandparents, which was not common. New England life seemed to burst with possibilities. The life expectancy of its citizens became longer than that of Old England, and much longer than the Southern English colonies. Children were born at nearly twice the rate in Maryland and Virginia. It is often said that New England invented grandparents, for it was here that people in great numbers first grew old enough to see their children bear children.

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