Emma Bowles. Honors English 10-3. March 13, 2017. Nathaniel

Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the best fiction authors of the 1800’s, and is still highly praised to this day. Hawthorne paved the way for future successful authors such as William Faulkner. Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, the second of three children born to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Hathorne (their son added the "w" to the family name when he began his writing career). In 1808, Hawthorne’s father, a ship's captain, died of yellow fever in the distant port of Surinam Hawthorne attended college at Bowdoin College where his main concentration was writing.” (Egotism; or, The Bosom Serpent) “In sketches, tales, and romances published in the second third of the nineteenth century, Hawthorne chose mainly American materials,

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a nineteenth century American novelist and short story writer. He is seen as a key figure in the development of American literature for his tales of real life. Hawthorne wrote his short story which created his own literary style to explore human destiny and human nature issues, and he is good at exposing the "evil" of human nature. For example, the story of The Birthmark conveyed the themes of human nature, selfishness of human consciousness and lack of feminism.

Writing an excellent book, short story,or poem is an ability very few people posses : Nathaniel Hawthorne is someone who had this talent. Hawthorne's writing is mostly centered around romantic fiction, he has written a plethora of things but he is mostly remembered for his short stories and novels. Before divulging into his work, a reader should know where his writing comes from, his inspirations, originality and what some would call pure genius. The author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, is an individual whose work has been and should continue to be analyzed for years to come due to his unique twist on romantic fiction. Many of his works have casted a silhouette over America through his intricate stories and writing style that revealed the themes of psychology and human nature during the 19th century. Hawthorne’s ominous style makes his works into oddities compared to the other romantic fiction novels in his time. Many of his works, such as The Scarlet Letter, exemplifies the epitome of Hawthorne’s distinct outlook on the moralistic attitudes of

Nathaniel Hawthorne (originally spelled “Hathorne';) was born to Elizabeth Clarke Manning Hathorne and Nathaniel Hathorne in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. He was the second child and the only son of the Hathornes’ three children. When Nathaniel was four, his father came down with yellow fever and died in Surinam, Dutch Guiana. After his father’s death, Mrs. Hathorne moved her family into her parents’ house in Salem (Shepherd iv). At the age of nine, Nathaniel Hathorne suffered an injury to his legs that kept him from attending school for about two years. This injury was a blessing in disguise. During his recovery, Nathaniel read many books and developed an appreciation for the English classics. Bunyan’s Pilgrim Progress and Spenser’s Faerie Queene seem to have been his favorite books because he had two cats named Beelzebub and Apollyon, characters from Bunyan (Martin 17). “Hawthorne later named his first child Una, after Spenser’s heroine'; (Martin 17).

Thanks to his uncles, Hawthorne attended Bowdoin College in Maine. His uncles paid for his college tuition there. He attended the college when he was 17 years old and spent 4 years there. “At the college, he met and made friends with Franklin Piece and Henry Wadsworth (Biography)”. “While he was attending college, Hawthorne missed his family so much and returned home to Salem after graduation (Biography)”. He stayed in Salem for 12 years. He came back to Salem not only to spend time with his family, but to spend time studying puritan history and develop his writing skills.“During his 12 year stay in Salem, Hawthorne wrote a few books. He wrote a novel called

Nathaniel Hawthorne was one of the most important authors in the history of American literature and the genre of Romanticism or Dark Romanticism, due to his unique style of writing and his focus upon subjects of Puritan religion and the unknown. I consider Hawthorne an important author, due to the fact that he skillfully and accurately based his fictional writings upon happenings of colonial times, was one of the first authors to display unfortunate outcomes for his characters’ immoral choices according to Puritan beliefs, and wrote of things that were considered taboo in his time, such as witchcraft, scientific innovation and experimentation. I strongly believe that Hawthorne’s influence for his writings were his Puritan ancestral background, his fascination with Puritan beliefs, and his interest in what was considered the unknown such as witchcraft and science. According to the Norton Anthology Textbook Vol. B, Nathaniel Hawthorne was “born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804” (370). Hawthorne belonged “to a family whose ancestral roots were tied to Puritan history, with his family being among the first settlers of Massachusetts and having one of his relatives serve as a judge during the Salem witch trials” (370). Hawthorne, as a young boy, “had a particular interest in writings such as John Bunyan’s Puritan allegory The Pilgrim’s Progress, and by his mid-teens he took interest in British novelists such as Henry Fielding, Tobias Smollet, William Godwin, and Sir Walter Scott”

Between 1825 and 1837, he traversed New England. He based his first book, Seven Tales of My Native Land (1826), on his early travels. After the publisher refused it, Nathaniel became mad and burned the copies. Convinced of his lack of talent, he did not write anything for a while. In 1828, he decided to write a novel, which was titled Fanshawe. He paid for it and circulated the copies. After a while, he became embarrassed and tried to destroy every copy. In 1829, he tried again, despite his early failures, and wrote Provincial Tales. Even though this one succeeded, it was published anonymously, so he barely earned any money from it. He was also horrified to find it in a low quality fiction catalog. Around this time, he also wrote "The Story Teller". Samuel Goodrich, the publisher he sold it to, took the stories apart and sold off some of them. Nathaniel was appalled to see the stories put out of context.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was a writer in the 1800s, an anti-transcendentalist, and the great-nephew of John Hathorne, a judge in the Salem Witch Trials. Hawthorne is obsessed with Puritanism and, due to being obsessed, bases all his writings on Puritan towns. All of his stories take place in New England in the 1600s, before the Salem Witch Trials; The Scarlet Letter is one of these stories. In his novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses the symbolism of the Wild Rosebush, Hester’s Cabin, and the sunlight and the forest to contribute to the overall theme of imperfection.

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts in 1804 (net). He attended Bowdoin College with famous writers such as Horatio Bridge and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (net). In 1850, Hawthorne published The Scarlet Letter (1222). It is considered by many that The Scarlet Letter, “represents the height of Hawthorne’s literary genius. At this time, Boston was the center of a very Puritan society. Throughout the novel Hawthorne uses many symbols. For example, one prominent symbol is the scaffold. During this period in time, the scaffold was used for public humiliation. Those who had committed either a crime or a sin were forced to stand upon it in front of everybody in the town, as a form of confession or public recognition of one’s sin.

Nathaniel Hawthorne has encountered many challenges throughout his lifetime. He was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts. When he was only at the age of 4, he lost his father and “A leg injury at an early age left Nathaniel immobile for several months” (Biography.com).With the aid of his wealthy relatives, he was given the opportunity to attend Bowdoin College. After some time in college, he greatly missed his mother and sisters and so he returned home and started to write. He then married Sophia Peabody and had three children.

He also wrote romance novels. '' Hawthorne was in the habit of taking solitary rambles after dark, an owlish practice, but very attractive to the romantic minds. Human nature appears in more pictorial guise by lamplight, after the days work is over.'' ( Stearns page 34.) Nathaniel Hawthorne was born July 4th 1804

Hawthorne decided to become a novelist which he very much so lived up to because now he is famous for many incredible novels. Sadly some of his family did not support his decision although most did. He always felt like he let them down Hawthorne stated that himself in the first few pages of his book the Scarlet Letter

Even though Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote some works that can be and are place under the category of Romanticism and then into another category of Transcendentalism, he is better known as just an author. In many of his works Hawthorne wrote a lot about the nature of sin, the problems of evil, and the conflict between pride and humility. (footnote readings on NH) This can largely be accredited to his upbringing, he lived in a stern and religious household-- but it was also a creative and artistic environment. (rNH 14&15)

Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American writer known for his part in the transcendentalist literary movement. Born July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hathorne Sr and Elizabeth Manning, he later chose to alter his last name in an attempt to distinguish himself from the history his family held in the Salem witch trials. His father died at a very young age, so Nathaniel was raised solely by his mother. In a quote kept from his adolescent years, Hawthorne states, “I do not want to be a doctor and live by men 's diseases, nor a minister to live by their sins, nor a lawyer and live by their quarrels. So, I don 't see that there is anything left for me but to be an author." However, in 1825, Hawthorne graduated from Bowdoin College, earning a degree in a non-literature field of study. In 1838, he became acquainted with a Miss Sophia Peabody. They were both solitary characters and fell madly in love into a mildly reclusive life. In 1841, Hawthorne resigned from his position at Boston Custom House to participate in the transcendentalist movement’s experimental Brook Farm. He joined in hopes to make enough money to marry Sophia. After a year, Hawthorne dropped it and went on to be wed in the home of Sophia’s parents. Soon after, the two moved to Concord, Massachusetts to begin their lives together. As a member of the American transcendentalists, Hawthorne became close friends with authors such as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Herman Melville. Although both Nathaniel and Sophia

Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4th,1804, in Salem Massachusetts. Many of Nathaniel's ancestors had lived in salem and were strong believers in the puritan faith however during the 18th century his family had begun to decline. Once his father had passed away while he was