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Bad Decisions in Scarlet Letter

Choices that we make determine who we become, how we live, and how we feel. Choices are how humans are different from animals, humans have the ability to reason and to make decisions based upon that reasoning. A person’s ability to reason relates to their ability to make good choices in life. People who can look at a situation and decide the best course of action based upon the given information are good decision makers. In the “Scarlet Letter”, there are many characters that do not make good decisions and have to live with the consequences.

The choices that we make determine what we become, as a person, and how our lives are conducted. In the novel “The Scarlet letter” Hester makes the decision to commit adultery and she is now thought of, by the entire community, as an adulterer, which sh

Making choices will determine how a person feels emotionally as well. Hester made the decision to stay in the same village even after she committed adultery and she faces more guilt because of that decision. If Hester would have left the village, she could now feel less guilty, because nobody in the new village would know her. Emotional guilt is the worst kind of punishment that a person can receive, if someone feels guilty about something it will tear him or her up inside. Hester was given a scarlet “A” to remind her constantly of the guilt that she should feel. Hester would not have to wear the scarlet letter if should would have chosen to move to a new area. The choice that she made limits how she feels because she must always wear the scarlet letter and be reminded of the guilt that comes wit