During my reading of the “The Minister’s Black Veil” what I found interesting was the fact that while Mr. Hooper wore the veil nobody seemed to ask him why he wore it, but instead only talked about it behind his back. Because of this it seemed to give the black veil an unworldly authority to project fear upon anyone who saw it, even Mr. Hooper himself. In fact the black veil gained so much power that it was able to render authorities speechless because they were unable to talk about it in front of Mr. Hooper. Not only this but even imitations of the black veil seemed to gain a notoriety for producing fear, as demonstrated through one of the children who wore a black handkerchief over his face. The only person who ever directly questioned Mr.