In other words he was not very up and enthusiastic during his sermons. He won people over by the words that he used. The sermon he gave when he first wore the black veil was given in the same manner and style as any of his other sermons, but this one in particular had everyone in the meeting-house watching Rev. Hooper’s every move he made. “So sensible were the audience of some unwonted attribute in their minister, that they longed for a breath of wind to blow aside the veil,” (370), they were hoping to see the reverend's hidden face to see the secret he was keeping from them. The community members notice the separation the black veil created between Reverend Mr. Hooper and themselves. They do not understand why he would wear a black veil to preach and what lesson might he be trying to
In other words he was not very up and enthusiastic during his sermons. He won people over by the words that he used. The sermon he gave when he first wore the black veil was given in the same manner and style as any of his other sermons, but this one in particular had everyone in the meeting-house watching Rev. Hooper’s every move he made. “So sensible were the audience of some unwonted attribute in their minister, that they longed for a breath of wind to blow aside the veil,” (370), they were hoping to see the reverend's hidden face to see the secret he was keeping from them. The community members notice the separation the black veil created between Reverend Mr. Hooper and themselves. They do not understand why he would wear a black veil to preach and what lesson might he be trying to