Communtiy

Joseph K. Hart once said, “No child can escape his community…The life of the community flows about him, foul or pure; he swims in it, goes to sleep in it, and wakes to the new days to find it still about him. He belongs to it’ it nourishes or starves him, or poisons him; it gives him the substance of his life.” Community plays a large role in everyone’s life; Pearl and Hester …

…friends, family, and faith influence their actions, beliefes, and decisions. It does not matter if you are analyzing lterature, non-fiction, or real life, community will always be a part of it. No matter when you live, from the colonial days to the far future, or where you live from the smallest of the most yuppie towns to the deepest in the ghetto, your community will greatly affect your identity. “No child can escape his community…”