The Minister's Black Veil Analysis

Appearance can show a lot about someone, when you first see someone your natural instinct is to judge them. The definition of appearance according to the dictionary is “ the way that someone or something looks” but does it really define you as a person? When you look at someone you can visibly notice there clothes and face, and you are quick to judge. In the story “The Minister's Black Veil” the character Mr. Hooper, faces the judgement of everyone in the story over a black piece of cloth covering his face. Does that piece of cloth link to his identity?
The way I see it, I feel that appearance does link to who you are, but it also does not. Mr. Hooper’s appearance in the story Is linked to who he is trying to portray in the narrative, but before then he was someone completely different. “The cause of so much amazement may appear sufficiently slight. Mr. Hooper a gentlemanly person, of about thirty, though still a bachelor, was dressed with due clerical neatness, as if a careful wife had scarfed his band, and brushed the weekly dust from his sunday garb. There was but one remarkable thing in his appearance.” The quote explains how Mr. Hooper’s representation was once

Hooper’s character in the story. He goes through judgement for what he wears and looks like with the veil, for me what I wear and what I look like can instantly provide enough proof to some people whether they like me or not. Even if they hardly know me, because I wear certain clothing, and a certain color, it can be enough for them to start and assume things, and judge. They think I’m either shy, depressed, or even mean, yet no one bothers to think the opposite, kind of like Mr. Hooper when everyone stays silent and full of wonder with the wrong ideas. In some ways I do represent my appearance to my personality, everyone is unique, but not always do you mean what you wear. I like what I wear and it shows who I am, though it doesn't always mean