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__The Scarlet Letter:__ Nathaniel Hawthorne  In my novel __The Scarlet Letter__, Hester reminds me of many people that I know today. She made a very big mistake, but she later down the road used it for good. She became very hard working so that she could support her daughter Pearl. She also volunteered a lot of her time to help the sick, poor, and people in need of help. Hester like many people that I know used something bad and turned it into something good. People use that guilt and use it to give back to the community that they may have hurt. Since Hester turned around so much the community did not view the scarlet “A” as standing for adultery but they viewed it as standing for able. In our society today people forgive (most of the times) and then their views of the person that did something wrong change. Hester is a very dynamic character, changing through out the story, in the beginning she had the scarlet letter and it was a very bad thing in her life. As the story progressed she used it for good. The guilt Hester feels is also very relevant to people today. She was told she could remove the scarlet letter but her guilt made her feel like she had to keep it on. People today also make mistakes and although everyone around them may forgive them they still have that guilt in the pit of their stomach and will not forgive themselves for it.