"After putting her finger in her mouth, with many ungracious refusals to answer good Mr. Wilson's question, the child finally announced that she had not been made at all, but had been plucked by her mother off the bush of wild roses, that grew by the prison- door." (Hawthorne, 76) <Tab/> Pearl feels a connection to the rose because she is like a rose. A rose grows from something dirty and ugly …showed first 75 words of 366 total…

…showed last 75 words of 366 total…wild nature and intensity compared to the modest puritan society <Tab/>Pearl feels a connection to the rose bush next to the prison because it is a hostile and out of place environment for a rose bush to grow in yet it grew into something beautiful. This is Pearls life. Because of her mother's position, her roots, she grew up in an unfriendly community where despite the harsh conditions she flourished.