Scarlet Letter D.J. # 12 - Chapter 6: Part 2.

Pearl: I think the author named her this for two ironic reasons. the first is that pearls are usually perfect, but in the book she is compared to a which and she is called and evil child. i think the author did this to show the difference between dark and light. Because of her name you think she is going to be a sweet little girl but on the contrary she in quite the opposite. The other reason is that pearls are usually reserved for the rich and privileged people in life but in the book the "pearl" goes to one of the worst people in the town and because it went to one of the worst people in the town the pearl was tarnished.