"Thou must gather thy own sunshine. I have none to give thee"(PG 92)
Throughout the book light and sunshine have been symbols of many things. In this case the sunshine can represent life as a whole. Hester doesn’t think she can give pearl the life she want’s, and if she is going to want out of being exiled she was going to have to work it out herself (when she was older of course).
The sunshine of course cold also be a representation of the Scarlet “A” on Hester’s bosom. Hester can’t give any of the blame of the “A” on to Pearl, so she is telling her to find her own happiness and the work out her beliefs on her own.
Interesting. Make you own sunshine: create your own path, or create you own happiness.
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