Relationships In The Scarlett Letter

Relationships can have two different sides to them. Sometimes the people who you love the most can also hurt you the most, in ways you might never expect. In some cases, a person might not do something to directly hurt you, but they remind you of something unpleasant, such as a sin you may have committed. When something such as this haunts you every day, it may be hard to care for, and love that person unconditionally. The same thing applies to Pearl and Hester Prynne in the book The Scarlet Letter. Although it may seem like Pearl is a hardship in Hester’s life, and it may be difficult for Hester to love Pearl unconditionally, Pearl truly is a blessing to Hester. She keeps Hester alive in more ways than one, loves Hester unconditionally, and is her only sense of joy in her otherwise miserable life. Pearl is a huge blessing to Heaster
"But she named the infant 'Pearl,' as being of great price- purchased with all she had- her mother's only pleasure." (Hawthorne, 83). Pearl is not only Hester’s daughter, but also her companion and friend; from the moment Pearl was born, she and Hester have shared their entire lives together. Hester can never leave Pearl alone so she takes Pearl with her everywhere she goes. In doing this, Pearl is able to see how differently they are treated from other people. Strangers look at them with disgust, and parents make an example out of her mother, warning their children of what not to become. Although she may be curious as in why they are treated this way, it never causes Pearl to think any less of her mother. Pearl gets into fights at her school because of what other kids say about her and her mother. She may not even fully understand what they are talking about but nonetheless, Pearl defends her mother along with herself. She is the only person in the entire town who looks up to Hester as an example, as a mother, instead of looking down on Hester for whatever mistakes she has