Words are Poppin' Out!

Just like the language in this novel, paying attention to words that pop up out of the book can give foreshadowing events, description of words and major symbols.  Reading this book, there just words that seemed to really jump out or just catch my attention. Words that helped described symbols and colors I thought really caught my eyes.
    Definitely for sure, The Scarlet Letter has a lot of symbols and colors. The words in the book were used to help describe these colors and symbols as well as the characters. Colors such as Red and Black I kept seeing them to pop out at me with a sign that kept saying “PAY ATTENTION STUPID!” Which I think was very useful in helping to explain the story and give further depth into it. Colors always need to grab attention, with them blended into the novel; they help you grab the important aspects of the book.
    If it’s not the colors, the symbols pop out with an even bigger sign that says “REALLY LOOK HERE STUPID!” This book filled with a bunch of symbols, especially with symbols of Good and Evil or Passionate Desires. Some words like “EDIFICE” (36) seemed to really pop at me because I thought it was important to describe the setting about the current situation and to describe the emotional feeling Hester felt as she approached the square. “Snake” just popped complete popped out because “Snakes” usually mean sinister or conniving, and when it describes Cillingsworth’s reaction to seeing Hester ion the square, that was great foreshadowing into what his character will react to his wife’s newly found title. If it isn’t the colors, it’s the noun’s similes, and metaphors that really help take the reader into a further depth of the book.
    Definitely there are words in this book that really grab my attention and force me to really pay attention. Maybe it’s because they have a big sign with “LOOK HERE STUPID” written on them, or maybe the fact that these words have a color base meaning or they are comparisons to another noun that emphasize a particular trait of that noun. The Scarlet Letter language is one thing, but the there are words in this complicated language that stand and really get into your face. Definitely keep in mind the words that really pop up, or make you think, they have more a complex set up than you actually think.

1 comment:

  1. Wow you're sure seeing a lot of things! And now that I read this I think I'm beginning to see see them too!

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