America Past, Present, and Future
Running head: AMERICA PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
America Past, Present, and Future
Minh Tran
University of Phoenix
America Past, Present, and Future Human emotions are complex. They express positive or negative reactions to external and internal stimuli. Emotion, behavior, and cognition influence each other. Thus, each emotion distinctly affects human motivation, learning, thinking, and physical acts. Emotions influence writers or authors in the way he or she expresses himself or herself in his or her writing. In this paper, the author will discuss how emotions in literature from the past, present, and future impact the way Nathaniel Hawthorne expressed his emotions when writing the books he has published.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Background relates to his Writing Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts. His ancestors were Puritans, who were the first settlers in the state. They came to the New World with Governor Winthrop in 1603. His ancestors were two prominent judges, one active in the persecution of the Quakers in the 1650s, the other in the witch trials of the 1690s, which Anne Hutchinson was the criminal. Nathaniel grew up in a religious family, and therefore, his religious beliefs influenced the way he wrote. “Nathaniel Hawthorn rarely seemed at ease with himself, his work, or his place in American literary history. The author of American’s most famous novel of religious conscience, he nevertheless characterized his regularly enforced attendance at the services at Salem’s Meeting House, where his ancestors had worshiped for nearly two centuries, as “the frozen purgatory of my childhood”” (McQuade, Atwan, Kaplan, Minter, Stepto, Tichi, & Vendler, 1999, p. 786). In addition, Salem, Massachusetts influenced is writing style in many tales. Salem was Hawthorns childhood home where he was grew up in a close-knit family. He later returned to Salem after graduation to spend time with his mother and sisters
America Past, Present, and Future
Minh Tran
University of Phoenix
America Past, Present, and Future Human emotions are complex. They express positive or negative reactions to external and internal stimuli. Emotion, behavior, and cognition influence each other. Thus, each emotion distinctly affects human motivation, learning, thinking, and physical acts. Emotions influence writers or authors in the way he or she expresses himself or herself in his or her writing. In this paper, the author will discuss how emotions in literature from the past, present, and future impact the way Nathaniel Hawthorne expressed his emotions when writing the books he has published.
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Background relates to his Writing Nathaniel Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804, in Salem, Massachusetts. His ancestors were Puritans, who were the first settlers in the state. They came to the New World with Governor Winthrop in 1603. His ancestors were two prominent judges, one active in the persecution of the Quakers in the 1650s, the other in the witch trials of the 1690s, which Anne Hutchinson was the criminal. Nathaniel grew up in a religious family, and therefore, his religious beliefs influenced the way he wrote. “Nathaniel Hawthorn rarely seemed at ease with himself, his work, or his place in American literary history. The author of American’s most famous novel of religious conscience, he nevertheless characterized his regularly enforced attendance at the services at Salem’s Meeting House, where his ancestors had worshiped for nearly two centuries, as “the frozen purgatory of my childhood”” (McQuade, Atwan, Kaplan, Minter, Stepto, Tichi, & Vendler, 1999, p. 786). In addition, Salem, Massachusetts influenced is writing style in many tales. Salem was Hawthorns childhood home where he was grew up in a close-knit family. He later returned to Salem after graduation to spend time with his mother and sisters
References: McQuade, D., Atwan, R., Kaplan, M., Minter, D., Stepto, R., Tichi, C, & Vendler, H (1999). The Harper Single volume American Literature (3rd Ed.). New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc.