Talk:Pearl/@comment-5109358-20151010021050/@comment-25518589-20151010033347

They're servants for the "higher class". The better dressed the Pearl is the more "money" the gem has or the more important they are. They were flaunted like The Help was back when segrigation was a thing. My theory is that because pearl had the ability to defy orders and learn more than she was supposed to, they were going to kill her and replace her but Rose thought this was wrong and took her instead. But that last part is just a theory.