Perception - Keeping Faith And The Scarlet Letter
COMPARATIVE ESSAY: PERCEPTION
Because sight is weak while perception is strong, we must view things both close and at a distance to see its importance. Throughout Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult and The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, we see how perception, in both novels, plays a significant role. The self view, belief in religion and, society’s stereotyping, all emerge to show the importance of one’s perceptions in everyday life.
A nurturing self view is likely the most important thing in a beings mental state. It permits a healthy confidence, allows for intuitive growth and indicates how others view you. But for Mariah White in Keeping Faith, a positive self view was merely a long passed memory. Mariah was committed to a mental institution with a classic case of clinical depression, after discovering her husband in bed with another woman. This state of mind has been with Mariah long before Colin’s act of betrayal, but these feelings did derive from Colin......
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