Trauma comes in many shapes and sizes. The trauma that is being discussed here however is the trauma of regretful past events. Hester Prynne our main character has cheated on her husband and has received the punishment of the scarlet letter. This letter symbolizes an adulterer and is very frowned upon within the community. Hester is in much distress when she has to gain the branding of this letter. She has many conflicts within herself that in the beginning want to hold her back and make her not want to live life again. With all these things in ones mind they may not want to show themselves to society ever again for the horrible sin that they have done.

With years and years of suffering from trauma one may choose one of two ways to climb out of this rut. They may choose to move on and learn from this or the person can use this trauma as an excuse to never be seen by society ever again. However Hester decided that she wanted to become a changed person. The journey was not easy but she did not give up. Through trial and error, through being beat up by society and standing again, no matter what the case may be she continued to move forward and make herself a better version of herself day after day. Trauma can make people with a terrible past become a strong present. Reasoning behind this may be surprising. When one overcomes their trauma and fears of the past they can finally spread their wings and say that they have conquered. This feeling of accomplishment makes the person able to succeed in whatever they want because they have made a significant change that many cannot dream of accomplishing.