The book The Scarlet Letter, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is a book about sin and its consequences. In The Scarlet Letter there are four characters that fall into the grasp of sin and feel its everlasting consequences. There is Hester and her daughter Pearl who learn what it is like to be an outcast of society because of the wrongs Hester commits. Then there is a preacher named Dimmesdale who must hide his sin for …showed first 75 words of 1223 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1223 total…of hate and revenge. Hester, Pearl, Dimmesdale, and Chillingworth all feel the consequences of sin. This book shows that there are many different consequences of sin. It could be shame, hate, or even death, but that there are many different consequences of sin. It could be shame, hate this book teaches an important lesson about sin. It teaches that all the consequences of sin are bad, and that not one good thing comes from sin.