If it was not for secrets, The Scarlet Letter would not be a story. Throughout Nathaniel Hawthorne’s book many characters are dealing with something they have to keep quiet. It may be a sin they have committed or something they know, but the way they deal with their secret determines how they feel about themselves. The two main secrets in The Scarlet Letter are who the father of Pearl is and who Hester Prynne’s husband was. As the secrets get revealed, many lives are changed drastically. Because Hester Prynne gets pregnant while her husband has been gone for more than two years, it is obvious that the baby’s father is not Hester’s husband. Since Hester has done this it is seen as a huge sin. She is forced to wear a scarlet letter “A” on