The Scarlet Letter
The Custom House
Hawthorne opens his story of the Scarlet Letter with a description of the Custom House,
where he worked for three years. His fellow workers are considered older men who don’t work very hard and depend on the government service as payment of favors or work done previous years when they were young. Hawthorne uses the Custom House as a source for his story. His story the Scarlet Letter is his criticism of Puritanical Code of Law. He wants the reader to believe that the Puritans were evil by trying to make the reader believe that the story is true and really happened, although it didn’t. Hawthorne is showing how hypocritical the Puritans were and how they thought they had to Judge everyone and strongly believed it was there duty to seek out the sinners and punish them. Hawthorne’s description of Puritan ancestry, his knowledge of early history of New England and his outlook about people and politics, give the reader insight about his personal views towards Puritanism.
The Custom House
Hawthorne opens his story of the Scarlet Letter with a description of the Custom House,
where he worked for three years. His fellow workers are considered older men who don’t work very hard and depend on the government service as payment of favors or work done previous years when they were young. Hawthorne uses the Custom House as a source for his story. His story the Scarlet Letter is his criticism of Puritanical Code of Law. He wants the reader to believe that the Puritans were evil by trying to make the reader believe that the story is true and really happened, although it didn’t. Hawthorne is showing how hypocritical the Puritans were and how they thought they had to Judge everyone and strongly believed it was there duty to seek out the sinners and punish them. Hawthorne’s description of Puritan ancestry, his knowledge of early history of New England and his outlook about people and politics, give the reader insight about his personal views towards Puritanism.
