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There have been many great writers throught the years that will be remembered forever.Nathanial Hawthorne grew up in a mostly puritan society. It was here where he began to lean about human behavior. In several of his stories he expresses his beliefs and insights on human nature. Although he was raise In a puritan society, he expresses that humans a are hypocritical in several ways. He expresses this in the short stories Young Goodman Brown, The Ministers Black Veil and Ethan Brand.
Hawthorne shows that most people are influence by the devil. In Young Goodman Brown, Brown meets a figure in the forest. He represents the devil because he is describe as having a staff that "bore the likeness of a great black snake", which is considered a symbol of the devil. The devil says that "the deacons of many churches have drunk the communion whine with me". This shows how even people who are believe in society to have a strong morale can be hypocritical, because deacons where and are seen as......

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