gh Hester had so much trouble with Pearl, she still felt that Pearl was hertreasure. Pearl was really the only thing that Hester had in life, and if Pearl wasnt in Hesters life, Hester would almost surely have committed suicide. Once and a while, Pearl would bring joy to Hesters life, and that helped her to keep on living. Pearl really symbolized a rose to her mother, at some times she could be bright andvibrant, and really love her mother, but at other times, she could be wilting. It was atthese times when she was "wilting" that brought Hester the most grief. One final way in which Pearl symbolized something in the novel was with herassociation with the scarlet letter. Pearl really was the scarlet letter, because if Pearl had never been born, Hester would have never been found guilty of adultery, and thusnever would have had to wear that burden upon her chest. Without that burden, Hester would have led a much better life then the one she had throughout the novel. In closing, Pearl was a source of many different kinds of symbolism. From being a rose, to representing the scarlet letter "A", she was a kind of burden, yet love for Hester. And as a final note, Pearl was more than her mothers only treasure,she was her mothers only source of survival....
