Nathaniel Hawthorne's ancestors immigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630, and settled in the town of Salem. The history of Hawthorne's family in the town of Salem would play a major role in his career as a writer as we will see with "Young Goodman Brown."(Moss 421) Nathaniel Hawthorne himself was born in Salem Massachusetts, in 1804. When he was four years old Nathaniel's father, Captain Nathaniel Hathorne, died, causing the family to lose touch with …showed first 75 words of 1241 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1241 total…off and viewing the world as it really is instead of the image the world attempts to create of its self is a part of all humanity, and it is up to each individual do decide to abandon all faith or just try to do better. Also, the fact that Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the few authors that achieved notoriety in his own lifetime tells me that he must have been doing something right.