We all have a symbol in our life, whether to represent who we are, or what we believe in, what would your symbol be? In the parable “The Minister’s Black Veil” it talks about a minister named Mr. Hooper that one day decided to wear a black veil. He says that we all have a mask on our faces to hide all of the sins we have done. So, Mr. Hooper’s symbol is a black veil, and depends on the person to decide how they are going to react to it. I believe that in the parable “The Minister’s Black Veil” the black veil that Mr.Hooper wears is a symbol that meant life. I say that because when we die, he states that we lose the mask we have on our face. So, he wears it to symbolize that he is still alive, on this Earth. But, it can also mean that we all …show more content…
Sometimes it’s so negative that we don’t like it, and we completely change on how we actually see that person, and how we process the things that person says. An example of this is when Mr. Hooper first put on the veil, they were disgusted about it, and started to say horrible things out loud that might’ve hurt him. An illustration of this concept is when it states, “I don't like it… He has changed himself into something awful, only by hiding his face.” Essentially this shows how much people reacted when he put on the veil, they were all disgusted on how the Minister has changed. So much that they even spread rumors on why he did it without even asking him why he did put on that veil. They were making an assumption that Mr. Hooper had gone mad. This issue is further seen when it states that, “A rumor of some unaccountable phenomenon had preceded Mr. Hooper into the meeting-house, and set all the congregation astir.” This statement justifies my claim that when people see change, they think that the person who made that change is weird, and sometimes even completely change how we see the person in general. As a whole we can see that even a small change can make a difference on how people act towards you, and how they will treat you because of that