Comparative Essay: The Scarlet Letter Vs Easy A

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English 67 Comparison Sample Essay I Give It An “A” Many people argue that the book is always better than the movie. They will tell you that the written page offers something that the cinematic one can't, that a movie always leaves out details that the book contains, and that key elements of the original story are often missing in the film version. And these book lovers are often right. But in the case of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and Will Gluck's Easy A (which is loosely based on Hawthorne's novel), the latter speaks to the modern audience in ways the original never saw coming. Yet, they share two very similar heroines, and offer messages about what it's like to be an outcast. The two heroines, Hester Prynne and Olive Penderghast, both take their public transgressions and celebrate them. Hester, who is caught having an extramarital-affair, becomes pregnant and has an illegitimate daughter, is…show more content…
The searing commentary on modern communication is memorable and, honestly, kind of priceless. The rumors about Olive travel at lightning speed because the students text it so rapidly. By the time, she walks from one side of the quad to the other, everyone is privy to her slut status. Another undeniably great observation comes from Mr. Griffith who is appalled by the stupidity of Facebook and texting: “I don't know what your generation's fascination is with documenting your every thought , but I assure, they're not all diamonds, 'Roman is having an ok day and bought a Coke Zero at the gas station.Raise the roof.' Who gives a rat's ass?” And then there's the commentary on teen romantic comedies complete with riding lawn mowers and boom boxes held aloft. Nathaniel's Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter is a literary classic, but Easy A is a sharp, incisive comment on both the original and the modern day. For that reason, I give it an

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