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The Scarlet Letter (红字) Hawthorne Hester Prynne, the unmarried protagonist, commits adultery with the Reverend Dimmesdale. A child (Pearl) is born out of wedlock. The Reverend Dimmesdale keeps his affair with Hester secret from the Puritan community he ministers to. He is consumed with guilt and shame. His secret slowly devours him from the inside. As punishment for her sins, the community sentenced Hester to wear a scarlet W (for adulteress) embroidered on her dress. Although shunned by the community, Hester openly accepts her fate and transforms her personality. She works diligently to make herself a productive member on the fringes of society and doing needlework for the less fortunate and tending to her child. In the end, her selfless, charitable work endears her to the Puritan community. Civil Rights Movement (Time: 1955-1968 )(民权运动) In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person. Although she was arrested and jailed, her brave efforts inspired the Montogomery Bus Boycott which last for over a year. Martin Luther King was inspired by her example and became known as one of the most admired figures of the Civil Rights Movement. He organized hundreds of non-violent protests and gave an unforgettable speech entitled T have a dream?\ Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks helped get the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed. Unfortunately, the social progress was accompanied by a tragic sacrifice: the assassination of Dr. King by a southern madman. In 1960, at a restaurant in Greensboro of North Carolina, 4 black college students sit still in defiance of the malicious behavior of the waite匚 Responded warmly by black students in the south, this action quickly developed into a large scale sit-in movement. Finally, nearly 200 restaurants in the city were forced to abolish the racial segregation. Martin Luther King (马丁路德金) Martin Luther King, J匚(January 15, 1929 一 April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-