Chapter 6
"But she named the infant “Pearl,” as being of great price,—purchased with all she had,—her mother’s only treasure!" Hester named her child Pearl because she was the only thing she had. A pearl is something precious, and valuable. A pearl makes you feel good, and makes you feel that you have some status. If Hester lost Pearl she would have no reason to live, Pearl is the one that keeps her alive!
Chapter 1
9 years ago
Pearl is also something formed through pressure. It's a grain of sand transformed into something beautiful. This relates to the characters because the vast pressure of the Hester's punishment, in which Hester has changed this sand, the sin, into something more.
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