Dialect Journal. 32

The Black Man has been compared to Dimmsdale and Chillingworth. He is always in the forest. The puritans think that the forest is evil and scary things go on in there. I think the forest is a place where the black man can go and not be judged. Dimmsdale goes there to get away from society. He can be himself and do what he wants.

Dialect Journal, 31 pg. 160

"Mother," said little Pearl, "the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because it is afraid of something on your bosom."

This is a comparison to the theme Light and Dark. Because Hester has sinned, she has done wrong. The light or god no longer follows her. When pearl said it is afraid of something on her bosom, it is meaning that the sun will not shine if you have done wrong.

scarlet Letter Dialect Journal, 29 Ch. 15

"So Roger Chillingworth—a deformed old figure, with a face that haunted men’s memories longer than they liked!"


I think this is comparing Roger to the devil again. Most people think about the negative things that could happen if they do something. Other people think about if i do this will i go to hell? The devil haunts peoples memories with everything you do. Even if you know it or not. 

Vocabulary Words- 4

Loquacity - N - talkativeness -  The loquacity of KC made him get kicked out of class. 

Importunate - ADJ -  persistent or demanding - The Importunate little boy screamed until he got candy. 

Chirurgical - ADJ -  relating to surgery -  The chirugical surgery made everyone queez when they cut it. 

Physiognomy - N - Outward characteristics express what they feel on the inside.-  We could tell by the physiognomy of marry that she was sad. 

Ignominy - N - disgrace - The ignominy of the man who shot the person made him kill himself. 

Misanthropy - N - hatred or dislike - My misanthropy towards horseradish makes me gag every time I taste it. 

Invigorated - V - to fill with life and energy - After I drank five red bulls I felt invigorated!

Irrefragable - ADJ - not to be disputed or contested. - The irrefragable evidence made the suspect guilty. 

Galliard - N - a spirited dance for two dancers in triple rhythm - The two dancers took dancing lessons to learn how to dance the galliard. 

Sombre - ADJ - gloomily & dark -The sombre man made everyone around him scared. 

Scarlet Letter Dialect Journal, 25 Ch. 13

"They said that it meant Able; so strong was Hester Prynne, with a woman's strength"


The "A" has once again changed its meaning. It is now able. Hester has changed herself and how she lives by helping the poor. She is using her strength to show she doesn't have to live in guilt and sorrow. She is showing she is strong and will go on. And now people are starting to see she isn't so bad after all. 

Scarlet Letter Dialect Journal, 23 Ch. 12

"At the great judgment day!" whispered the minister, —and, strangely enough, the sense that he was a professional teacher of the truth impelled him to answer the child so. "Then, and there, before the judgment-seat, thy mother, and thou, and I, must stand together. But the daylight of this world shall not see our meeting!"


I think the minister is still ashamed of what he has done. He doesn't actually want to expose himself to everyone. He did this to make it seem like he was going to do the right thing. But Pearl knows that he is faking it because he wont be shown in public with them. He wants to wait until judgment day to show that he was the father. He is being a coward. And the guilt is slowly killing him.

Scarlet Letter Dialect Journal, 24 Ch. 12

The Meteor

The meteor had lit up the sky. It made light where there was darkness. The meteor was said to make a "A" in the clouds. I think it represents Dimmsdales guilt as he stands upon the scaffold. But the Minister thinks it represents angles for Governor Winthrop. Maybe this is saying that now that Dimmsdale is confessing their can be forgivness in this dark place.