From what I know I can fully understand Hester’s anxiety of not letting little Pearl know the reason why she has a letter on her chest because she might either be sad or disappointed to learn that her mother committed adultery, because everyone has a secret that they can’t tell anyone no matter how much how they are being questions. Also Hester don’t want Pearl to know anything yet until she is fully an adult because she knows that the thing she did is too much for a little Pearl to handle and understand why she did that. In addition, Hester don’t want to see Pearl suffer because of her mistake and make her life miserable because Pearl is her treasure.
-Mai Vang
Don't ask too many questions because you are still too young to know the truth, little Pearl.
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