The Scarlet Letter
              Nathaniel Hawthorne
    
    The young pastor's voice was tremendously sweet, rich, deep, 
and broken. The feeling that is so evidently manifested, rather
than the direct purport of the words, caused it to vibrate within 
all hearts, and brought to the listeners into one accord of sympathy.
Even the poor baby, at Hester's bosom, was affected by the same
influence;   for it directed its hitherto vacant gaze towards Mr.
Dimmsedale, and held up its little arms, with a half pleased, half
plaintive murmur. So powerful seemed the minister's appeal, that
the people could not believe but that Hester Prynne would speak
out the guilty name; or else that the guilty one himself, in what-
ever high or lowly place he stood, would be drawn forth by an
inward and inevitable necessity, and compelled to ascend the 
scaffold.
                    Hester shook her head.


I believe Hester was brave to stand up for the man who sinned with her. For the man who sinned was the young pastor. She knew what she did was wrong and she was willing to deal with her punishment, and accept that she did something wrong. I do NOT agree with her sin at all, but she dealed with it.

This book is a great book, I would not suggest it to younger aged kids though, because they migth not be able to understand the book. It is a good literature book, and a very interesting one at that.