community was oblivious to the fact that he was Pearls father, he knew it and he also knew that God knew it and that at some point he would have to pay for his sins. The book was a mockery of his hypocrisy, how he condemned Hester for what she had done and cursed the father of the child for not stepping forward even though he knew in his heart the baby was his. He had committed the same crime as Hester, and yet she was the only one punished for it. He stood there in front of the whole town and said awful things about her and sentenced her to a life of grief all the while knowing he was just as guilty as she was. ...
