rself." But then he is promoted to "P.P." and decides to stay. Just as he begins to feel comfortable he was fired. Because of this he returned to writing. (Metaphor used: political guillotine.) He claims that although the story is somber, his mind-frame while writing remained cheerful.
             He says he holds no grudges and that the Custom House people do not interest and
             upset him anymore. He thinks that he will die and soon be forgotten in Salem. He also doesn't think that future generations will find much of an interest in Salem, beyond the town's water pump.
             A crowd of men and women is gathered outside of Boston's prison door. Although
             Boston was originally designed as a Utopia, but the first few things to be built were the prison and the cemetery. He also says that the prison has been aged quickly.
             Outside of the prison is a small lot with wild plants growing in it. The most important is
             the rose bush. It offers comfort to prisoners being brought into jail and to people about to be executed. This rosebush has been kept alive in history and outlived the gigantic pines and oaks around it.
             The author starts the chapter with a crowd outside the prison gate. He explains that in
             this time even minor violations and punishments were treated exactly the same as executions. Women of this time were not only larger physically, but were more forceful verbally as well. This is the main reason they dislike Hester, who is better looking than they are. They feel that her punishment should be severe, from a branding on her forehead to death.
             Hester comes out of the prison and allows her three-month-old child to see natural light
             for the first time. She then shifts her baby to her other arm to reveal a scarlet "A" on her. It is described as "artistically done," "gorgeous," and "elaborate."
             Hester Prynne- young, tall, with a figure of perfect elegance on a larg...