All the changes that have occurred in the town sine I have moved here with my family is truly shocking. I can't believe that Dimmesdale was Pearl's father all along and sadly he died after telling everyone the truth. It's going to be a little while before people will get over his death. It's also hard to believe that he had committed the same sin that Hester Prynne did, he was the last person I thought would do that. Unlike Hester, Dimmesdale had given himself his own punishment that nobody knew about, but both of the punishments should've been nicer then they were. I feel awful about how we treated Hester and Pearl, but I hope that their new life is better, and brings her lots of kindness and forgiveness that we failed to give her. After everything that has happened in this town I realize how harshly we treated Hester just because we wanted to enforce our religious laws, which was not right at all. All this helped me realize that we need to make sure to be kind and forgiving towards people, and I hope everyone else has learned the same lesson. Hester is a great woman and raised Pearl up to be a great young lady, but it makes me sad that she won't have both of her father around. It would've made me so happy to see the three of them together and not be ashamed to be around each other. Also, I only hope that Hester can forgive me for the way I treated her the past few years.