JT's thoughts on Chapters 19-21

I thought that this was a very interesting section of the book. The first thing I found interesting was that Pearl refused to cross the brook and come to Hester until she put the scarlet letter on. Then after she finally did cross Dimmesdale kissed her, and she went and washed off her face where he had kissed her in the brook. I thought that this showed that Pearl would not love Dimmesdale until he revealed his sin to the world. Chapter 20 was also very intersting. In this chapter Dimmesdale walked through the town and was tempted to do some terrible things. I thought some of the things he thought of doing were very funny, such as teaching the kids bad words. I could just picture the kids going to their parents and saying their new word the learned, and the terrible reaction that the parents would have. In Chapter 21 there was one part in particular that I liked. It was when the sailor informed Hester that Chillingworth was coming on the boat to England with them. It pretty much shattered the plans that she and Dimmesdale had made. I think it will make for a big conflict in the coming chapters.