Scarlet Letter Rambles

I'm a very visual person, and whenever I read a book, I have very vivid images in my mind of what the characters are doing and what the settings look like. So here's a little peek into what was going on in my mind during chapters 18-20 (featuring gifs, because gifs make everything better).
When Hester lets her hair down:  

When Pearl wanders off into the forest:              
"The truth seems to be, however, that the mother-forest, and these wild things which it nourished, all recognized a kindred wilderness in the human child"










Pearl's little temper tantrum after she realizes the scarlet letter is gone: 













Good ole Dimmesdale walking back into town after his..."transformation":

So there you have it folks. My mind is somehow able to plausibly connect the Scarlet Letter to Disney movies...okay. 
But in all seriousness, there was a big shift in these chapters. Our lovers, who hadn't spoken to one another for 7 years, are now going to run off to Europe together. Dimmesdale is so different from his own self that he might as well have multiple personality disorder. Hester has a glorious moment of freedom, ripping her hair out of its bun and throwing that scarlet letter away (although sadly it made it's way back to her bosom {read: boss-um}) 
And then there's Pearl. So I think it's safe to say that I generally have an unpopular opinion. First, I said that Isabella shouldn't be so quick to save her brother and was quickly shot down by everyone (except Anne...thanks Anne). THEN, I said I'd rather live in Puritan New England than corrupt Vienna, which apparently was not a sound opinion to have. To come back to my point, I think I might be more like a Puritan than one should care to admit. If I lived in the city, I would think Pearl was a devil child too. Oh look, Jack Jack does that too:

She is so obsessed with that darn scarlet letter, she won't come near Dimmesdale, has some strange connection with the forest, and seems have the intuition and brain capacity of a 30-year-old man. I don't know but she is a fishy character. 


Looking forward, I am interested to see what's going to go down between Dimmesdale and Chillingworth, because there is just no way Hester and Dimmesdale are going to make it out of town without Chillingworth first making a scene. We shall see. 

Little Sparrow