Journal 7

Hester is not going to tell her daughter who her biological father is because she doesn't want Pearl to search for him or tell someone by accident who he is which would get the man into trouble with the church. She is going to have her daughter rely on God in heaven to be her guiding father. This is shown in the book when Hester is telling Mr.Wilson the following: Hester says to the man " My child must seek a heavenly Father; she shall never know an earthly one!"