She looks at her daughter and then fingers the scarlet letter which will remain a part of her from now on. ... Hawthorne points out that the first thing Pearl saw in her infancy was the scarlet letter. ... Pearl later played a game where she threw flowers at her mother and jumped around in glee every time she hit the scarlet letter. ... Hester is unable to answer her question and remains silent, thinking about the fact that some Puritans think Pearl is the child of a demon. ... Hawthorne comments that, "the child's whole appearance...was the scarlet letter in another form; the scarl...

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