... an individual or group of individuals deliberately and habitually(Webster, 1087). An example of a shunned person would be Hester Prynne, who in "The Scarlet Letter", the famous literary work by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was spurned by her Puritan community because she had committed adultery. Although she is a fictional character who lived in the 1600's, her situation is surprisingly similar to many real individuals ... him apart from the average American. To the public, he seemed awkward and was often mocked. His peers described him as a "mild and tolerant man, with a shy yet confident dispo...

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