The Scarlet Letter

The excerpt from the introduction to the 1901 edition of the scarlet letter showed the readers about Hawthorne's personal life and how it influenced his writing. Before Hawthorne had ever written The Scarlet Letter, he had lost his job. He was actually surprised when his wife was comforting and actually told him to pursue his writing career. Since he had lost his job it gave him more time to write. It actually turns out that one of the main characters, Pearl, is based on his daughter.

Losing his job actually helped him in the end because the next 3 and a half years he published 3 of his four romances.

Bullying

Bullying has become a big issue in schools everywhere. "Its the kids in the middle of school's social life who are caught up in patterns of cruelty and agression that have to do with jockeying for status" More than 50% of students are involved in bullying, whether or not is is them bullying or they are the victim. Many people believe that many bully so they can get a better status, to become more popular. One student said that he was being called ugly, people were being racist to him, etc. People want to stop bullying but believe that adults cant do anything about it. This shows that there is a foolproof way to stop bullying.

The Enlightened Rich Want To Be Taxed

This article, published by the New York Times, shows how the wealthy are standing up and saying that they should be taxed. The article states that "They seem to recognize that the burden of the economic downturn cannot be borne entirely by the poor and middle class".One man in particular, Warren Buffett who is an American billionaire, urged Congress to raise taxes on the rich. Luca di Montezemolo backed Buffett's idea. After this, the idea was spread all through Europe and now the United States. From this, fifty or more of Germany's richest people have campaigned for higher taxes on the wealthy since 2009. "16 of France's wealthiest individuals urged the government to raise their taxes".

Ninety nine percent of people are middle or lower class and pay most of the taxes. There is only that One percent that is rich and they are saying that they want their taxes raised because they won’t be affected by it as much.