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and was born in the town of Salem, Massachusetts (Cogswell, 2001). He was a man of his times in that he felt a deep connection with nature while also maintaining
a fascination with the growing field of science and technology. From a young age he was intrigued with writing as he had suffered an injury that would leave him lame
and unable to perform physically like most children. As mentioned, his time and place in history served to offer him a great deal of material for writing, and in his
writing we gain a powerful understanding of his perspectives concerning nature and science and religion and man. In the following paper we examine the life and works of Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Nathaniel Hawthorne As mentioned, Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804. "Nathaniel Hawthorne, who once described himself as the obscurest man of letters in America, achieved success as
a writer only after a steady and intense struggle. During the early years of his career, this self-assessment was mostly accurate, but the publication of The Scarlet Letter in 1850
marked the beginning of Hawthornes reputation as a major American writer" (Anonymous Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2002; hawthorne.htm). And, it was perhaps this particular work which stands as the most famous of
his novels. Not surprisingly, "Hawthorne came from a Puritan family of declining fortunes that prided itself on an energetic pursuit of practical matters such as law and commerce. This
Puritan strain in Hawthornes upbringing and his own deep suspicion that a literary vocation was not serious or productive work would become a recurring theme in his writing," as will
be discussed later (Anonymous Nathaniel Hawthorne, 2002; hawthorne.htm). He was, from an early age, determined to be a writer and found "encouragement at Bowdoin College in Maine and graduated
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