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Chapter 7

“No, my little Pearl!” said her mother. “Thou must gather thine own sunshine. I have none to give thee!” Hester is already seen as a dead person to the society, she has nothing she should have said. She has no joy anymore, and can't give Pearl any. I aslo think Hester wants her child to be herself, and not just like everyone else. See "Thou must gather thine own sunshine." - you must find yourself, and your solutions. And "I have none to give thee" - she can't be her, and she doesn't want to be her. She doesn't want Pearl to be like her.