the governor bellingham wanted to take pearl awayfrom hester because of the scarlet letter. Hester pleaded him not to and then asked Dimmesdale to back her up on it and he supported her entirely.
The fact that Hester would constantly remind Pearl of the consequences of sin is what convinced the governor to let Hester keep Pearl. Hester supported herself and Pearl by sewing garments.
Hester decides to keep wearing the scarlet letter on her bosom eventthough she doesn't have to. Pearl becomes the richest girl in Boston
Dimmesdale argues that Hester should be allowed to keep Pearl because she has shown remorse for her sin, the child could be a blessing in her life, and separating them would not benefit anyone. He believes that by allowing Hester to raise Pearl with love and care, both of them have the potential for redemption and a chance for a better future.
Hester came to deliver gloves for the Governor, but at the same time, to discuss with him the matter of keeping Pearl. People had been gossipping that Hester was an unfit mother, so she wanted to make sure that her child wouldn't be taken from her.
Hester has heard that certain influential citizens feel Pearl should be taken from her. Alarmed, Hester sets out with Pearl for Governor Bellingham's mansion to deliver gloves that he ordered. More important, however, Hester plans to plead for the right to keep her daughter.
Mr. Dimmedsdale told the Govenor that Hester was capable of being a good mother and she could pass along the lessons she had learned since she had sinned
The scarlet letter on her bosom is the reason why she was ridiculed, hated, and talked about by the other puritans in the town. She had to remain separated from the man she loved (dimmesdale) for 7 years, in order to preserve the secret. She also had to keep the secret that Chillingworth was her husband, and that he was torturing Dimmesdale. She had to raise Pearl all by herself, without a fatherly figure and live isolated from the community.
She promised not to reveal that they were husband and wife.
Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale pleads successfully for Hester to keep her child in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel "The Scarlet Letter." He urges the town leaders to allow her to raise her daughter Pearl, arguing that it is in the child's best interest.
Hester asks Dimmesdale to plead for her and he finds an argument that wins Bellingham: "It was meant for a blessing--for the one blessing of her life! It was meant, doubtless, the mother herself hath told us, for a retribution, too; a torture to be felt at many an unthought-of moment; a pang, a sting, an ever-recurring agony, in the midst of a troubled joy!"
Pearl herself is aware of her difference from others, and when Hester tries to teach her about God, Pearl says, "I have no Heavenly Father!" Because Pearl is her mother's constant companion, she, too, is subject to the cruelties of the townspeople. The other children are particularly cruel because they can sense that something is not quite right about Hester and her child. Knowing that she is alone in this world, Pearl creates casts of characters in her imagination to keep her company. For more info go to : http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/scarlet/section4.rhtml chapter 6 is all about Pearl. Hope that helped.
Roger Chillingworth asks Hester to keep the secret that he is her husband and that he is seeking revenge on the man who had an affair with her.