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Multiple Common Themes In Speak And The Scarlet Letter
“Open my book & peel the layers of my skin...don't judge me by my cover 'cause there's much more within” (Anonymous). This anonymous quote displays a common theme in both the book “The Scarlet Letter” and the book “Speak.” Do not judge people before you know them is a lesson that can be learned from both of these stories. The theme is only one of the multiple common aspects of the books “Speak” and “The Scarlet Letter.”
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