Rough Draft Nathaniel Hawthorne is an American author from the early 1800s. Hawthorne wrote many children’s story’s and romance novels. As Hawthorne started publishing his short story’s he began to add an additional “w” to his name, his name went from “Hathorne" to “Hawthorne.” “Hawthorne had two characteristics of life, those who follow their head and intellect, and those who follow their heart” (Diorio 11). This was the basis of Hawthorne’s way of life. Nathaniel Hawthorne's writing has brought a new meaning to life for this generation, he wrote with emotion, knowledge, and had passion for what he had done.
When Hawthorne was the age of four, his father died of yellow fever in Dutch Guinea causing him to live with his Uncle, for his mother could no longer care for him. Growing up he lived in Salem, Massachusetts, born at 27 union street on July 4, 1804. One day, outside playing ball Hawthorne put himself through an injury to his leg leaving him baseless for 3 years, this was the base for his love for the art of literature and writing. After Hawthorne’s injury, his time was spent outside admiring nature, and he kept himself busy by fishing and exploring the forests trying to ease his mind into finding something worth writing about. Hawthorne attended college from 1821-25, and took classes in english to master the art of writing …show more content…
His premise in writing includes personification, symbolism, irony and ambiguity, and wrote in 3rd person and captured his audience through his narrator (Diorio 12). Hawthorne wrote books for his children because he thought it was good for the mind and often throwing in a fantasy element (Broaddus).To be a successful writer, you were to keep notebooks to help arrange thoughts and ideas to structure the writing pattern, Hawthorne’s notebooks were kept and published after he died, he
When Hawthorne was the age of four, his father died of yellow fever in Dutch Guinea causing him to live with his Uncle, for his mother could no longer care for him. Growing up he lived in Salem, Massachusetts, born at 27 union street on July 4, 1804. One day, outside playing ball Hawthorne put himself through an injury to his leg leaving him baseless for 3 years, this was the base for his love for the art of literature and writing. After Hawthorne’s injury, his time was spent outside admiring nature, and he kept himself busy by fishing and exploring the forests trying to ease his mind into finding something worth writing about. Hawthorne attended college from 1821-25, and took classes in english to master the art of writing …show more content…
His premise in writing includes personification, symbolism, irony and ambiguity, and wrote in 3rd person and captured his audience through his narrator (Diorio 12). Hawthorne wrote books for his children because he thought it was good for the mind and often throwing in a fantasy element (Broaddus).To be a successful writer, you were to keep notebooks to help arrange thoughts and ideas to structure the writing pattern, Hawthorne’s notebooks were kept and published after he died, he