Dialectical Journal 41

I am my Mothers Child (PG 97)

Hester is connected to nature throughout this entire book, so in this instance I think Pearl is referring to Mother Nature as her mother’s child. She is pure and innocent like her nature and that’s the way she likes to be. She can talk freely with nature, with no judgment passing and Pearl feels like being part of nature is where she belongs, much like Hester believes that being an out cast all by herself (with pearl of course) is where she is supposed to be, its where she fits in.