/ækʃn/ : Think before You Act

Sadly, we have arrived to the finale in the Scarlet Letter this past week.  Sigh, what a shame.

 Aside from all sarcastic remarks, I did absorb a couple of lessons from the novel. What I realized is even in the last chapter, it mentions that Dimmesdale and Hester were buried under a tombstone with a scarlet letter. Literally until they died, the sin that they had done was imprinted upon their lives. All actions will characterize who we are in society.

At the moment when I read this, I thought, wow these Puritans really can’t just move on with their lives can they? But after truly thinking about it, society is represented by these Puritans. I may also be guilty of being like them. I remember there was once a teacher that continuously called me Jee-ah-na the entire school year and I held such bitterness in my heart.  I don’t remember her for anything else except as a teacher with pronunciation issues…..FOR ONE YEAR. I just. I can’t .I knew exactly how Hermione felt like when she was correcting Ron for the Levios-A spell.

But back to the point, we all are in fault of only remembering people by actions they have done to affect us.  It may not always be in a negative sense. But I have come to recognize that I must be alert of my actions for that is what people will remember me the most by.