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<blockquote data-quote="NarpasSword" data-source="post: 2632140" data-attributes="member: 878048">So I was reading the introduction in my copy of The Scarlett Letter and the writer of the introduction uses these pretty big words that I&#039;m always having to get a dictionary for.&nbsp; But that&#039;s not my main problem.&nbsp; The writer also gives away the fact that Reverend Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne&#039;s lover and Pearl&#039;s father.&nbsp; Isn&#039;t the purpose of an introduction to give information about the book&#039;s history and context AS WELL AS to get the reader to like the book before they get started?Well, you&#039;ve got a point there, Lomax.&nbsp; But some classics are more famous than others.&nbsp; Ask any random 5th grader what Romeo and Juliet&#039;s about and they could probably tell you.&nbsp; And ask any random 5th grader what The Scarlet (oh whoops, I spelled Scarlet with two ts, darn) Letter&#039;s about and they&#039;d probably ask you, &quot;what&#039;s that?&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NarpasSword, post: 2632140, member: 878048"] So I was reading the introduction in my copy of The Scarlett Letter and the writer of the introduction uses these pretty big words that I'm always having to get a dictionary for. But that's not my main problem. The writer also gives away the fact that Reverend Dimmesdale is Hester Prynne's lover and Pearl's father. Isn't the purpose of an introduction to give information about the book's history and context AS WELL AS to get the reader to like the book before they get started? Well, you've got a point there, Lomax. But some classics are more famous than others. Ask any random 5th grader what Romeo and Juliet's about and they could probably tell you. And ask any random 5th grader what The Scarlet (oh whoops, I spelled Scarlet with two ts, darn) Letter's about and they'd probably ask you, "what's that?" [/QUOTE]

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