The Scarlet Letter - Chapter 1

As an introductory paragraph to a famed book, this chapter seemed surprisingly boring. Not many activities and actions took place. However, I think this chapter did an adequate job of pointing out a major theme, the prison door. A crowd of somber-looking people congregate outside a large, secure prison. The door of the prison is said to have iron studs, which leads me to believe that the prison was made for excessively dangerous criminals. I believe this prison will be a major theme throughout the book, because it can symbolizes a lack of freedom, which can possible be the reason for the writing of a letter.