This chapter is important because it is where Pearl asks why the sun does not shine on her mother and suggest that it might be because there is something on her chest that keeps it away and it is also where Pearl starts to ask many questions that a girl her age would not ask. For example, she asks her mother to tell her about the black man's book.
Passage
“Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because
it is afraid of something on your bosom...It will not flee from me, for I wear
nothing on my bosom yet!”
“Nor ever will, my child, I hope,” said
Hester.
“And why not, mother?” asked Pearl, stopping short...“Will it not
come of its own accord, when I am a woman grown?”
This quote is significant because Pearl asks the sun hides from her mother and suggests that it might be because she has something dark on her bosom that keeps it away. This is important because Pearl feels deeply inside that the Scarlet has a greater significance than what they make her think.
Passage
“Mother,” said little Pearl, “the sunshine does not love you. It runs away and hides itself, because
it is afraid of something on your bosom...It will not flee from me, for I wear
nothing on my bosom yet!”
“Nor ever will, my child, I hope,” said
Hester.
“And why not, mother?” asked Pearl, stopping short...“Will it not
come of its own accord, when I am a woman grown?”
This quote is significant because Pearl asks the sun hides from her mother and suggests that it might be because she has something dark on her bosom that keeps it away. This is important because Pearl feels deeply inside that the Scarlet has a greater significance than what they make her think.
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