Much of this stigma comes from the fact she is a bastard child, born into a life of sin. On the beach the reader is presented evidence of this portrayal as she harms innocent birds. However, a significant change occurs in her character as she realizes what harm she has caused the birds. Pearl did not like the fact she was causing pain to these creatures which were “as wild as Pearl herself”. This pain she feels suggests to the reader maybe Pearl is not such an evil child, and although being an inherently bad child, she is an empathetic person at times. This revelation comes while Pearl is in the wilderness, and it is significant that Hawthorne references Pearl’s wild nature, as it suggests pearl is as unprejudiced as the wilderness she frolics
Much of this stigma comes from the fact she is a bastard child, born into a life of sin. On the beach the reader is presented evidence of this portrayal as she harms innocent birds. However, a significant change occurs in her character as she realizes what harm she has caused the birds. Pearl did not like the fact she was causing pain to these creatures which were “as wild as Pearl herself”. This pain she feels suggests to the reader maybe Pearl is not such an evil child, and although being an inherently bad child, she is an empathetic person at times. This revelation comes while Pearl is in the wilderness, and it is significant that Hawthorne references Pearl’s wild nature, as it suggests pearl is as unprejudiced as the wilderness she frolics