Scarlet Letter

Journal # 2
During that time and in that place, if you were punished because of a crime you committed you are basically marked for life. You are lessened as someone not worthy of being a part of the "upper class". They, however, placed a lot of importance on the punishment which is good because it made people think about what they did bad. The scaffold was raised high so everyone would form an opinion about that person that would make them less whenever they came across them. They could do that because they d...