“A child in the home is a source of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and gods men,” is a truth expressed verbally by Martin Tupper that is known and accepted throughout the world. Tupper raised the question: if children are born as a link between angels and man, then why are there so many devils in the world? Hawthorne answered this question in his novel, The Scarlet Letter, showing that children are born innocent and are innocent in all things until they are taught a different nature in which to live their lives. Hawthorne gives the example of innocent children being taken away from their purity in the novel The Scarlet Letter by presenting children as more insightful and honest than adults to emphasize the true nature of children. Hawthorne introduces the concept of innocence being stripped away by presenting the fact that innocence can be anything and take many shapes or forms. He tactfully illustrates the above statement when he writes: "Pearl's appearance was permeated with an enchantment of infinite variety: in this child there were many children, encompassing the whole range between wildflower-peasant and the pomp, in short, of a newborn princess” (140). Very simplistically Hawthorne was telling any reader that Pearl, this beautiful scar in Puritan society, was as humble as a child raised in poverty and at the same time possessed grace and grace. royal stature of a girl next in line to be queen note Pearl's versatility so the reader can make a connection with how she is perceived and how that affects her to become anyone, as long as society, his parents or he... middle of the paper... education, Hawthorne presented children as more perceptive and more aware than adults to highlight the embarrassing phase that children go through when the their innocence is taken away from them. Children still possess these traits because the adults in society have been corrupted while children maintain their purity. It is essentially the same thing as when a child is naturally curious but as they grow up they ask too many questions and then eventually become “rebellious” towards authority because this is what they are taught in their society or family culture/environment. Ultimately, Hawthorne wanted Tupper, the world, and his readers to know that the reason there are so many devils in the world even when children are the link between angels and men is because as children grow up, religion and society corrupts them, “On a field, sable, the letter A, red”(418).