"The Scarlet Letter becomes a kind of parable of lost human potential-the Artist [Hester], the Scientist, and the minister each wasting not only what they were, but what they might have been" (p275). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" all of the characters - most obviously the Grandmother - are concerned only with their own needs and wishes. There is no real relationship or love between them until they come across the Misfit and his mob. When the Grandmother exclaims at the end, "You're one of my c...

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• Grade Level: High School