"Just then, she heard her mother’s voice, and, flitting along as lightly as one of the little sea-birds, appeared, before Hester Prynne, dancing, laughing, and pointing her finger to the ornament upon her bosom." (Page 155)
Again Pearl is described as a bird. This is a motif throughout the book, just as Chillingworth is connected with the devil. Nature and the Puritan Society are total opposites. Everybody in this town has to live after rules. Everybody? Does Pearl have to live after rules? I think she does not. it seems like she was born out of the society, even though her parents were both a part of it - she isn't.
Have you look into tradition symbols of birds? Or religious? Yes, she is a bird - what does this motif reinforce beyond freedom?
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