The Scarlet Letter

The Scarlet Letter- 'S'

The entry will not only be informative about our reason epidemic "The Shone," but it will also be educational. Okay so I am not sure if you all are familiar with the story "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, but this is what the basis for this entry. I don't know about you all, but in high school I was forced to read this book, and I wasn't rather interested in this story. However, I have a new appreciation for this story and what it stands for. Okay so here is a brief summary:

It tells the story of Hester Prynne, who gives birth after committing adultery and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the novel, Hawthorne explores themes of sin and guilt. In the novel, Hester is led from the town prison with her infant daughter in her arms and on the breast of her gown "a rag of scarlet cloth" that "assumed the shape of a letter." It was the uppercase letter "A". The Scarlet Letter "A" represents the act of adultery that she has committed and it is to be a symbol of her sin—a badge of shame—for all to see.

Okay so now you are wondering, how does this tie to anything? Or maybe you have already figured out the correlation I am making?

Well after thinking about this whole shone thing, I realized that shones get off too easy by merely referring to as shones. The reasons I feel this way is as follows:

1. The term shone has such a positive connotation to it. Shone is a nice word. More harsher terms should be used to refer to people of this caliber.
2. Shones have no shame in their reputations. Shones are almost inhumane. They accept there fate and just live there lives as habitual liars and shones.

So I was thinking that we as concerned citizens should take strides to help these shones face their problems and concerns. One way in which we can accomplish this task is by forcing shones to admit to their identity of Habitual, poor character having shones. I feel that we need to coerce shones to stand on scaffolds on the Set with Scarlet Letters. Hester Prynne was forced to do the same back in the day, and I feel that this would solve numerous problems for the community. Shones would be forced to wear the Scarlet Letter of 'S' while standing on a pedestal on The Set.

This action would be taking a proactive stance against Shonery. This event would serve numerous purposes:

• Identification: Like the easy button, this scarlet letter will enable individuals to easily identify who is a shone, so other people can run away from them.
• Embarrassment: This action could also cause some shones (not all) to feel remorse, regret and embarrassment for their unconstitutional actions. Public humiliation will be evident.
  
• Reunion: Individuals who have all encountered these shones at some point in their lives would be invited to this event. This would enable networking and reflections to occur about these disgusting shones.
• Payback: Individuals who have been hurt, offended, or misled by these shones will have the opportunity to come to The Set and throw rocks, stones, holy water, or whatever else they deem necessary (I would encourage holy water because these people need Jesus!).
  

So concerned citizens, please join me in my efforts to end this epidemic. We all must do our part to end this mess. Believe me! We all know a shone or two, and its our duty to seek help for them. You never know, the person you ride in the car with could be a shone!