does the introduction part of the story, called "the custom-house" have anything to do with the actual story, and do i have to read that saction for AS English as well as the rest of the f*****g story?? im going to quote the first f*****g sentence for you who aint read it okay?
It is a little remarkable, that-though disinclined to talk overmuch of myself and my affairs at the fireside, and to my personal friends-an autobiographical impulse should twice in my life have taken possession of me, in adressing the public.
do i HAVE to read it cuz it took me half an hour to decipher the first page and a half, before i gave up!! HELP!!
2006-09-28 06:16:38 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
The introduction gives a good hint about the author himself so it would be a good idea to read it so you can have a valuable dialogue with your teacher... and then it gets into the story itself. Yes, Nathaniel Hawthorn is hard to read... but you would be missing an important story about more than puritan laws... it's a story about human nature. A story that could help you avoid some troubles in life.
Reading classics can be bothersome... I had to force myself to read The Great Gatsby and Farenheit 451 (see, I hate it so bad that I can't remember how to spell the title...) But in the end, it pays off more than you realize. What I wouldn't give to be back in high school with my favorite teacher ever... an english teacher, by the way. Just remember that you may love the next book and make it worth it.
2006-09-28 07:33:20 · answer #1 · answered by Amanda H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Doesn't it trouble you that literacy is on the decline? Why is it that people who lived more than 100 years ago, before electric power, or tv or radio, or computers, could speak and write better than we can? Not to mention spelling! You can help arrest the decline of civilization by reading the classics. Get off your computer and spend some time with Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's worth it!
2006-09-28 06:25:28 · answer #2 · answered by rollo_tomassi423 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You obviously have the time to sit here and post this inanity. Thus, you have the time to read and understand the book. Stop whining and just do it.
2006-09-28 06:31:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest you go to sleep and forget the scarlet letter.
No body will bother you nor question you on this.
2006-09-28 06:23:35 · answer #4 · answered by SKG R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you have to read it.
2006-09-28 06:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Laquishacashaunette 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't depend on watching the movie
2006-09-28 06:18:16 · answer #6 · answered by Jenyfer C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think its homework time for u, isn't it?
2006-09-28 07:00:10 · answer #7 · answered by vick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋