SW 4,6,8,9

In chapters four, six, eight, and nine, the importance of reputation is portrayed more often. In these chapters, a reputation in jeopardy is Pearl's. Pearl purposely tries to anger Governor Bellingham. For example, Bellingham asks Pearl where she is from, and she replies that she was "plucked from a rose". Unfortunately, this also blows up back at Hester and effects her and her reputation negatively.