Scarlet Letter D.J. # 13 - Chapter 7: Part 1.

"She resembled, in her fierce pursuit of them, an infant pestilence, the scarlet fever, or some such half fledged judgment, whose mission was to punish the sins of the rising generation." (pg. 91) This little scene of anger right here reinforces that Pearl is a demon or that she is a witch. The towns people think that pearl is going to spread her evil to the rest of the children if they don't get her a better home or at the very least, kill her. The question i have is why do they call her an angle? Angels are supposed to mean good fortune or be the worriers of god for the puritans, and not a demonic little child. The puritans are acting the way they do because thats what they think god wants them to do, but why would god send this "angel" to them?