Entry 20:
"I am mother's child and my name is Pearl!"
In the bible that would mean that she was God's child and she was doing her duty. Hawthorne was implying that nature is working through her, and the society is part of god. Pearl, being outside of the societies rules can't share her nature or do God's will because of her mother. The name Pearl is compared to nature somehow with God throughout. She's damned.
She could be implying to mother nature rather than her actual mother.
Wasn't Jesus an outsider? There is a connection here between Pearl being her mother's child, mother nature and God. Is the society part of God? Are you sure?
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