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September 22, 2005
Custom House
In the beginning you know Hawthorne kinda sounds like some of the guys I went to high school with (not you Lou if you read this. He's unemployed and was living at home till mom died. He describes the Custom House to be as not living up to Puritan standards like,just as Hester wasn't. He describes the "vixen eagle" and the harbor vividly in what he calls Romance. I read online that his description of the employees of Custom House were angered and people thought he was conterversial enough. This boring intro actually helped sell more copies.
Posted by ErinWaite at September 22, 2005 02:58 AM
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Hey,
I can understand Hawthorne's plight--except I'm a college student..I wonder what he's excuse was.
Posted by: Lou Gagliardi at September 23, 2005 05:17 PM
hey i feel the same, i used to be excited to move out, but now i'm saving so much money by staying home. i guess hawthorne couldn't rock our college excuse so he had to take the starving artist approach, if it made me famous i would too.
Posted by: Erin at September 25, 2005 08:03 PM