In the short story “The Minister's Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, it can be inferred that Mr.Hooper is giving the lesson to both his community and the reader that before pointing fingers at others, people should consider their own sins. Everyone in Milford is talking about Mr. Hooper and his veil, but no one is thinking about mentioning their own secret sins. They freely without even really noticing gossip about the endless possibilities of the sins Mr. Hooper has committed while not ones mentions their own. As Mr.Hooper is arguing with his future wife over a black veil he is wearing, he states, “If I hide my face for sorrow, there is cause enough ...and if I cover it for secret sin, what mortal might not do the same?” Mr.Hooper displays
