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Tracking Poster: Pearl

Tracking Poster: Pearl. Exidio Sosa Irene Valenzuela Miguel Ayon Byron Gomez. Thesis statement. Pearl’s characteristics as a “demon” child can be explained through hereditary traits from her mother, her place in society, and the neglect of her father. Supporting quote -hereditary.

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Tracking Poster: Pearl

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  1. Tracking Poster: Pearl Exidio Sosa Irene Valenzuela Miguel Ayon Byron Gomez

  2. Thesis statement Pearl’s characteristics as a “demon” child can be explained through hereditary traits from her mother, her place in society, and the neglect of her father.

  3. Supporting quote-hereditary Page 74 “Hester could only account for the child’s character- and even then most vaguely and imperfectly- by recalling what she herself had been.” - “She could recognize her wild, desperate, defiant mood, the flightiness of her temper, and even some of the very cloud-shapes of gloom and despondency that had brooded in her heart”

  4. Supporting quote-Society Page 76 “Pearl would grow positively terrible in her puny wrath, snatching up stones to fling at them[puritan children]”… -“The truth was, that the little puritans, being of the most intolerant brood that ever lived, had got a vague idea of something out landish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in mother and child; and therefore scorned them in their hearts and not unfrequently reviled them with their tongues.

  5. Supporting quote-neglect of her father Page 167 “Why doth the minister sit yonder?” Asked Pearl “He waits to welcome thee,” replied her mother. “Come thou, and entreat his blessing! He loves thee, my little Pearl, and loves thy mother too. Wilt thou not love him? Come! He longs to greet thee!” “Doth he love us?” Said Pearl, looking up with acute intelligence into her mother’s face. “will he go back with us, hand in hand, we three together, into town?”…

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