Hester Prynne and her little Pearl do not fit perfectly into the cruel society they live in and they are both estranged from the city. The Puritans act as if Hester and Pearl are acts of the devil and disagree with their presence in the city. In addition to Hester's punishment of standing on the scaffold in front of the village with her baby every day, she wore the letter "A" on her drinks every day. After the town realized that they had passed judgment on Hester and her innocent child, that's why they wanted to accept them both and give them a chance. The people of the village finally opened their eyes and realized that they were both like them and that Hester was very true and gentle. The Puritans stopped looking down on Pearl and her mother and began to admire them both. Knowing that society did not agree with Hester's decision, she still tried to live like a normal person, and it was impossible for her to live in her own way. People would challenge her as a person, take her away from the city and make her life simply intolerable for her and her children.