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How Did Nathaniel Hawthorne's Puritan Heritage Influence Him?

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Research Inquiry: How did Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Puritan heritage influence him?
Thesis Statement: Living in Salem, Massachusetts and being the great grandson of the famous John Hathorne influences Nathaniel in a positive way, but also in a negative way.
Response: Despite being the great grandson of John Hathorne, Nathaniel uses his opportunity to an advantage. Nathaniel grows up in a reshaping nation, with stories of witch trials and communist hunts. Hawthorne utilizes his resources and writes a short story, “Young Goodman Brown”, which is a short story primarily based off of his great grandfather during the Salem witch trials. This short story portrays his great grandfather and expresses how the short story relates to his life without telling

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