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THE SCARLET LETTER The Custom House: Hawthorne says that he writes to the whole world hoping that someone will understand what he is talking about. He goes on to speak about Salem, where his relatives have lived and died since its existence. Over time Salem has be ....

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.... his position. He has no memories of experiences, only food. Collector- very old, strong spirit, his age has physically affected him, in war he was brutal, but now he wouldn’t hurt a fly. Surveyor- more in contact with his thoughts than with the real world, motto: “I’ll try, sir!”, described as a rusty sword Author’s title: Surveyor of Revenue One rainy day he looks through old barrels of articles and finds a scarlet letter “A” and a document describing the life of Hester Prynne. He claims that these serve as documents of proof for his novel. (These were never found and were probably made up to give the novel a historical sense.) He d ....