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Pearl is believed to be something wrong with her. She was born with a sinful mother and from her own personal actions, she is believed to be evil.

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Kat Maslak-
Pearle was a little special in the fact that the way she acted demon like. For this reason Hester questions if her being born is a good thing or just is a huge mistake in her life. She also questions if it was her own conditions that had resulted in Pearle being this way.

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This shows how people see pearl as a sin, while in reality hester loves her and she makes her happier

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People believe pearl comes from something bad. She was born out of sin. But she is difficult and Hester still loves her and it makes her happy

Susannah Balderstone

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Hester begins to question whether or not Pearl should have even been born because of her mothers sin. Pearl now faces criticisms and challenges that other children do not face due to her mothers actions. Pearl is different from others and has behavioral issues.

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People believe that Pearl was born wrong or that she has something wrong with her. They most likely believe this because she was born from a sinful act and also from her own personal actions.

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Jackson Feudtner
Hester and many others believe that something was wrong with pearl, leading her to believe that she had been born wrong. Hester then wonders if it would have been best if pearl had not been born at all.

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Shane Trainor
Pearl is very different, and it could be due to the sin that her mother committed. Hester asks herself if it was even a good thing for Pearl to have been birthed

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Alexa Budman
Pearl is basically the embodiment of Hester’s sin. She wonders why Pearl would have to go through such a thing.

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Jeremy Abate

It shows that pearl is growing to be an “evil” character who has some darkness in her mind because of what was happening at the time she was born and what she is going through with Hester being her mother

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Pearl’s character reveals that she is almost like the sin that Hester committed. All the wrong doings that Hester committed in her life has been combined and put into Pearl, which explains her dark and different personality. Hester wonders why a child would have to go through this because of her actions.

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Adil
The meaning of this quote demonstrates how Hester feels that Pearl has change to be evil and is making Hester question Pearls existence.

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Paige
Though Hester loves Pearl, she does not like the fact that a poor child is frowned upon for being her child, “a child of sin.” Pearl has made Hester a better person, but she often wonders why the poor child has to be put through such a life.

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This quote explains Hesters views about her decision to have Pearl. Because Pearl was born from adultery she’s seen as almost a living sin. Because of this she’s seen by the towns people as evil. This male Hester wonder if having her was a good idea considering the ridicule Pearl faces.

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Adiba Qazi

Pearl’s role in the novel is to be the human symbol of the sin Hester committed, she is the scarlet letter. Whenever Hester regards her, she is also addressing the situation the brought her to where she is now.

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Pearl had been born differently from everyone else because Hester had committed adultery and the price of that was Pearl becoming a living message of Hester's crime. -Melvin Lam

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Eli Weitzman                                                         Pearl has become quite unique in her own way, quite like her mother, but her mother interprets pearl's differences as being a result of her upbringing.

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Josh Kriesman

Pearl was not like the other children in the town. Hester chalks it up to her being born from the sin she has committed, and questions whether it was for better or for worse that the child was born at all.