Thesis: Alice Walker, in her short story "Everyday Use", uses Mama's appearance, dreams, and personality to emphasize the importance of heritage as a practical concept. A. Appearance a. "a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands." b. "...wear flannel nightgow...

The Scarlet Letter-Pearl In "The Scarlet Letter", a book written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the character named Pearl symbolized a devil baby. I think Pearl is a huge symbol in this story. She is a constant reminder to Hester that she has sinned, as is the scarlet letter on her...

She's Worth More Than a Diamond Pearls have always held a great price to mankind, but no pearl had ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as in Hester Prynne, a powerful Heroine in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter. Her daughter Pearl, born into a Puritan prison i...