Post #7 – Frank Lopez

In chapters 2-7 of Part II, the part that stood out to me the most was when Hester mentioned feminism to Tituba. Hester says, “You’re too fond of love, Tituba! I’ll never make a feminist out of you!” and though Hester considers herself a feminist she’s very hateful towards men. She despises men and she doesn’t want Tituba to be so into men, which is understandable with the circumstances that she has gone through but that does not define a feminist. I do agree with what she has to say though because they’re a lot of terrible men in this novel, including John Indian, who I originally thought was good. I think that most of the conflict in the novel are male oriented and the reason everything bad in the story is happening is because of men. I also feel like Tituba is a bigger feminist than Hester because she never let a guy define her, she always did what she wanted and she doesn’t look down on anyone. I wonder how Tituba is going to go on in the novel with the thought of feminism.

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