The Scarlet Letter is a novel which is taught in schools. The book has many puritan thoughts and ideas. The author Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote the story in perspective of a puritan society. The book is an excelent book to teach in school as it portrays many puritan ideas. The ideas that Hawthorne uses which are in a puritan thoughts are harsh punishment, religion, darkness, and sin. This book should be encouraged to be taught fo those ideas.