What is the theme, or main message, of The Scarlet Letter? Give specific examples that support your idea, and explain them in the context of the book as a whole.

“edge” is one of the past poems plath wrote before her suicide. how does knowing this information affect your understanding of the poem?

3. what differences do you see in the statistics between the two cities? what factors might account for the differences you see?

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these