How Did Nathaniel Hawthorne Impact Society

Nathaniel Hawthorne and His Impact on American Literature Nathaniel Hawthorne was and is hands down one of our greatest American Literature novelists; he wrote poems, short stories and his most famous novel The Scarlet Letter. Nathanial Hawthorne’s works were known for his way of looking into how human nature affecting things, more commonly known for looking at the darker side of human nature. Many of his stories were set in New England, as that is where his heritage lies. Hawthorne’s works are so well known that they are used every day in academia and used to evaluate other poets and novelists. Almost every high school in the Western culture uses The Scarlet Letter for research papers. So his work is still very much alive and well to this

He was born in Salem, on July 4, 1804. He had the “w” added to his name because of wanting to de establish himself with his family because of one of his family members John Hathrone being a Judge in the Salem Witch Trials (Hawthorne). Hawthorne did not particularly want to attend college, however he still enrolled in 1821 to Bowdoin college and graduated in 1825 (Biography). After graduating Hawthorne lived with his mother for some time in Salem, when reading his diaries and journals you can see that he spent most of his free time reading and writing about all types of things (Eldritch). During the time staying with his mother Hawthorne wrote many short stories which later on he tried to get published and failed. He later on published his very first novel Fanshawe, however it did not receive any attention. But this did not discourage Hawthorne he continued to write another set of short stories only this time instead of writing them anonymously he wrote them under his own name, Twice-Told Tales was actually a very good read as well as received a couple good