Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of the best-known and most respected American authors today. Hawthorne was born and raised in Salem, Massachusetts, to a Puritan family that had a long history in New England. Although Hawthorne was not extremely interested in the idea of ​​higher education, he attended and graduated from Bowdoin College. In 1842, Hawthorne was married to Sophia Peabody and they had three children together until Nathaniel's untimely death in 1862 at the age of 59. His short stories are just one of the many reasons for his popularity. Hawthorne, like most writers, has his own method with which he writes. The term most often used to talk about a writer's method of writing is called style. Nathaniel Hawthorne writes with a style all his own and that's what makes his writing so special. In the short stories The Ministers Black Veil, Young Goodman Brown, and The Birthmark, patterns in Hawthorne's style become evident. In his writings Hawthorne uses a formal tone, long descriptive sentences full of complex vocabulary, a very dark/gothic tone, his characters are often victims of alienation and scrutiny, and finally it can be noted that Hawthorne inserts autobiographical elements in each of the characters. its characters. In The Minister's Black Veil, Hawthorne incorporates a formal tone and uses complex vocabulary, along with long descriptive sentences, help paint a very clear picture of the story in the reader's mind. For example, in describing the appearance of the Reverend Hooper in The Minister's Black Veil, Hawthorne writes: “The cause of so much astonishment may appear light enough. Mr. Hooper, a gentleman of about thirty, although still unmarried, was dressed with due clergy...... middle of paper ...... writer who includes many similar elements in his works. These writing elements found in so many of his stories come together to create a style that cannot and probably never will be seen in the works of anyone other than Nathaniel Hawthorne. Hawthorne is distinguished by the use of descriptive sentences that include complex vocabulary and contain a formal tone, the incorporation of a dark/gothic tone, also using characters subject to scrutiny and alienation, as well as through the use of autobiographical elements. These are just five of the many connections that can be made between the three stories discussed in this article. Additionally, although only three stories were analyzed, it is more than likely that if one were to read any of the other stories Hawthorne wrote in his time, the same conclusions would be drawn..