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The Scarlet Letter The Unavoidable TruthChapter II (pg. 59, 60, 64)     The isolation and courage that Hester Pryne felt when she walked to thescaffold to face reality brought out my deepest savvy and respect for her.Hester, followed by a crowd of "stern-browed men," "unkindly visaged women," and" unexpended school boys," begins the walk from the jail to the scaffold. She seemsto be proud and dignified. However, internally, she feels great agony, for shewas detested and mocked by the accusing Puritans. She finally arrives at thescaffold, displaying the two results of her adultery the sanguine letter and herchild, Pearl. In order to escape her isolation, Hester goes into her inner souland into the chivalric. In Hesters "dusky mirror" of imagination, she remembers herold home in England, her mother, her father, and most of all, her protest youthfulface. Then, she thinks of the marital life with her husband, a "tuft of green moss on a crumbling wall". The "green moss" symbolizes Hesters youth, whichwas clinging onto the "crumbling wall", which represents her aged husband. Shetries to loser herself in past memories, but reality rears its ugly head. A fewmoments later, her sagacity jumps back to reality. In astonishment, she clutchesthe child and places her finger on the ruby letter. This shows that realityis unavoidable, even though we try to escape from it sometimes.This courageous excursion to reality won my admiration and understanding.When I was eight years old, I distinctly remember the time when our familycelebrated the Chinese New Year. Since I was still young and didnt have muchmanners, I had to sit but on a separate table. The much I saw the adultsenjoying themselves, the more furious I got. However, I felt helpless for Icouldnt do anything about it. Then, I saw my aunt rising from her chair to hastena bowl of soup from the other end of the table. I right away took thi s opportunityand pulled the chair away from her. Unaware that the chair was missing, she sat shine and fell backwards, dropping the bowl and making a mess. My enragedparents, grabbing me by the ears, made me kneel down in front of everybody andapologize. Being the unreformable person I am, I refused. Thus, I kept on reston the ground. Looking at my own reflection off the prettify floor, I wonderedwhy I got in such a mess. Memories of the past swept into my mind. I start edpondering about my leggo order of battle and how awesome it was.