"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."
This is a comparison to the theme Light and Dark. Because Hester has sinned, she has done wrong. The light or god no longer follows her. When pearl said it is afraid of something on her bosom, it is meaning that the sun will not shine if you have done wrong.
Does the theme of light and dark just reflect the ideas of sin?
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