“Among many morals which press upon us from the poor minister’s miserable experience, we put only this into a sentence: Be true! Be true! Be true! Show freely to the world, if not your worst, yet some trait whereby the worst may be inferred!”(Ch.24: 236) Hawthorne expresses the purpose of writing this novel in that short sentence. He creates characters who have sin and disguise these sins for their own salvation. Slowly these sins …showed first 75 words of 1298 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1298 total…its conviction of sin to develop within his characters. The message of this novel is beneficial because it is applicable to today’s society. Sins have the power to change a person into an opposing figure of what they originally were. Hawthorne’s message teaches the audience a lesson in coping with life’s blows. Each individual character displays both senses of truth and evil and a lesson of purity is developed throughout the book.