Dimmesdale becomes rely on Hester because she can give him confidence, mercy and forgiveness. In chapter eighteen, Dimmesdale and Pearl finally meet. Pearl embraces the nature. In the forest, the creatures, like squirrel, fox and wolf, approach her as she is a wild human child. The flower also wants to get near to Pearl.

Pearl reminds Hester’s sins. Pearl is so angry that her mother doesn’t wear her scarlet letter and she puts her hair down. As the book says, the river separates between Hester, Dimmesdale and Pearl. After Hester crosses the river, she puts her scarlet letter back, and returns to the original mother who Pearl knows.