The Minister's Black Veil Analysis

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In the story "The minister's black veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne there a guy name Mr. Hooper who wore a veil. The reason why he wore the black veil was to symbolized secret sins. The veil is like your inner self that nobody knows about, but you. Mr. Hooper wore the veil because he wore the veil to hide his face from the world and what he did. That show that people can't hide their sins because sins build up and make you have a bad soul so the only way to find peace is through repentance from god. In the story the veil really show how people really act towards the veil. Some was wondering why he was wearing the veil. The congregation and Mr. Hooper fiancé I feel that they was the most disturb by the veil. The congregation deeply respected Mr. Hooper but as soon they saw him throughout the day all that change immediately and some believe that Mr. Hooper is holding a deep sin, they say that Hooper had spelt with a young girl that pass away so now everybody look at him different children flee while the congregation stood and watch him. The reason why Mr. Hooper fiancé didn’t like it because he would not remove his veil even for his own fiancé and he won't tell her the real reason why he wear the …show more content…

Mr. Hooper is trying to teach us a moral lesson to his congregation by wearing the veil that only a man or woman can interpret according to their own consciences. What that mean is that people think their own way inner feeling , so when Hooper was wearing the veil everybody was giving him asking question, gossip; some say that he has gone mad. Even though his wearing the veil for his on reason his using it for everybody else too, showing us that no one's perfect not even a Minister or a Reverends. he don’t want people thinking that this people don’t make mistakes too he want people to know that his still human even though his a leader to the

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