DJs 51-55

DJ 51.
Pg 134. "'Wilt thou stand here with mother and mo, to-morrow noon-tide?' inquiered Pearl. 'Nay; not so my little Pearl!'"

In this story, Dimmesdale is looked at as the good guy in this book, and when compared to Chillingworth he is, but wouldn't the good guy do anything he can to support his child? This is an example of how Dimmesdale's fear and guilt make him very cowardly. Pearl wants nothing more than to be a family, but Dimmesdale is to afraid of what other people will think to do anything about it. He definitely doesn't follow transcendentalism like Hester and Pearl. He would rather please other people than himself, even though it is not what he wants.

DJ 52.
Pg 134. "'At the great judgement day!' whispered the minister..."

Here Dimmesdale is telling Pearl that he will only stand with her at the end of the world. Never will he ever stand with his family until he is about to die. This is another example of his guilty conscience making him cowardly and dis-likeable. But, Pearl is not a child of the Lord, she is that of nature. Therefor, there is no judgement day for Pearl, so for her, its like he'll never stand with them. He does end of confessing, but then drops dead.

DJ 53.
Pg 137. "'Who is this man Hester?' gasped Mr. Dimmesdale, overcome with terror, 'I shiver at him! Doust thou know the man? I hate him, Hester!'"

Chillingworth shows up at the scene when Dimmesdale, Hester, and Pearl are having their moment. At this point in the novel even just Chillingworth's presence is evil. So mush so that Dimmesdale says he hates him, when he doesn't when know who's there. It's ironic that Dimmesdale says he hates him because he is a man of god and Chillingworth is now a man of the Devil. There is an interesting contrast between the character, but they both can be characterized and bad. 

DJ 54.
Pg 139. "Little accustomed, in her long seclusion from society, to measure her ideas of right and wrong by any standard external herself."

At this point in the book Hester has become to at peace with herself that she no longer cares or is familiar with how other people think or care what other people think. This connects to the Book Walden because Thoreau goes out into the wilderness to reconnect with himself and go to the beat of his own drum. This is exactly what Hester learns to do and find inner peace. She learns to forgive herself and live life to the fullest, which directly relates to transcendentalism.

DJ 55.
Pg 140. "It is to the credit of human nature, that except where its selfishness is brought into play, it love more readily than it hates. Hatred, by gradual and quiet process, will even be transformed to love, unless the change be impeded by a continually new irritation of the original feeling of hostility."

Here, Hawthorne talks about how human nature is programmed to love. This plays into the idea that Pearl loves her mother more than anything, no matter what the other people say. Even Hester learns to love herself even after the sin she commits. However, if one dwells on the negative, it will change them for the worse. This is what happened to Chillingworth. He say Pearl and Hester everyday and was reminded of how his wife betrayed him. This is was turns him into a Devil like figure.