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Nathaniel Hawthorne and Transcendentalism Nathaniel Hawthorne, an American writer, was born in Salem, Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. His widowed mother raised him until she sent him to school at Bowdain College, where he decided he wanted to become a writer. This dream of his finally came true in 1837, when he first established himself as a writer. Hawthorne was a man strongly influenced by his Puritan heritage. He was a man of very strong opinionated, but sometimes …showed first 75 words of 1086 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1086 total…is the main reason causing Hawthorne to disagree with Transcendentalism. Both his writings, The Blithesdale Romance and “Young Goodman Brown” help back up his feelings. Even though Hawthorne was rather good friends with Emerson and lived in a Transcendentalist community, he never could bring himself to accept the beliefs of true transcendentalism. Hawthorne just could never get over the fact that Emerson did not agree with his feelings toward evil being real and very powerful.