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Hawthorne’s Life Versus Life In The Scarlet Letter To understand a book the reader must understand the background and lifetime of the author. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s childhood was one in which he was brought up by a conservative family in a Puritan Comm ....

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.... Hawthorne’s education was not the norm for a Puritan boy. He was injured when he was nine, so he did not go to school, which was no problem for Hawthorne who was not a big fan of school at the time. This time allowed for Hawthorne to explore and do many things other children could not do because of school. During Hawthorne’s early childhood he did a lot of soul searching and finding his place in society. After he recovered from his injury he resumed school and went to Bowdoin College. He was an average student there and graduated in the middle of his class. After graduating he went spent twelve years in “this disma ....