Pearl



Hello, my name is Pearl. I am the daughter of Hester Prynne, the woman known throughout the Puritan society as the one who committed Adultery. My father was the one who had also committed this adultery as my mother had been married when this secret affair took place. His name is Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. I am a young girl, at the age of seven, but I have been told that I have wisdom greater than my ages. I am an honest girl, nothing like the adults in my community. I tell the truth and ask to be told nothing except Gods honest truth. I used to often ask my mother why she had worn that red A that layed so pretty on her bosom, yet I never got the answers that I had hoped for. However; I eventually noticed that my mother, Hester Prynne, had a certain intimite connection with the Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale. I am aware of their behavior towards each other and I want to have him speak of his adultery. I grew up without a father. I was told to be a daughter from the devil. No other boy or girl in my society had been treated in ways that I have been treated. I wanted to be a human, like the others within our town, and I was finally answered my wish when Arthur Dimmesdale admitted to being my father. Not only did this change my life, but it made me feel like a part of the society that both my mother and I had dreamed of for a long time.