There’s time to reveal but fear makes them avoid it. In the story, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, explains to the readers that there are hidden secrets held amongst the townspeople, making them feel guilty. In the story, Hawthorne provides many themes that the readers can not see and one of the themes is sin and guilt. The people’s sins makes them feel self-absorbed and have the people run away from their sins instead of dealing with them.Through the theme of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” he says that sin is the toughest obstacle that people deal with.
