My kinsman, Major Molineux - Wikipedia My kinsman, Major Molineux `` My Kinsman, Major Molineux '' Author Nathaniel Hawthorne Country United States Language English Genre ( s ) Short story Published in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir ( 1st ) The Snow - Image, and Other Twice - Told Tales Publication type Periodical ( 1st ) Short story collection Publisher Samuel Goodrich ( 1st ) Ticknor, Reed & Fields Media type Print Publication date 1832 ( 1st ) 1852 `` My Kinsman, Major Molineux '' is a short story written by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1831. It first appeared in the 1832 edition of The Token and Atlantic Souvenir, published by Samuel Goodrich. It later appeared in The Snow - Image, and Other Twice - Told Tales, a collection of short stories by Hawthorne published in 1852 by Ticknor, Reed & Fields. The story exemplifies the darkest times of American development. Plot In about 1732, Robin, a youth, arrives by ferry in Boston seeking his kinsman, Major Molineux, an official in the British Colonial government, who has promised him work. Yet no one in town tells him where the major is. A rich man threatens the youth with prison, and an innkeeper calls him a runaway bond - servant. At the inn, he meets a man with a face described as looking like the devil - two protrusions emanating from his forehead ( like horns ), eyes burning like ' fire in a cave ' - who seems at the center of many evil things. Later, he runs into the man again, but this time his face is painted black and red. After blocking his path with a cudgel, he finally gets the answer that his kinsman will soon pass by. He waits at the spot on the steps of a church where he is greeted by the first polite gentleman he has met all night. Soon, the two men hear the roar of an approaching mob. At its head is the man with the red and black face and in its midst is Major Molineux, tarred and feathered. The crowd is in an uproar, and everyone is laughing. Soon, so is young Robin, as his eyes meet those of the Major, who knows him right away. Disillusioned, the youth asks the gentleman the way back to the ferry. Yet the latter restrains him, saying that it is still possible for him to thrive without his kinsman 's protection. Adaptation The American poet Robert Lowell adapted this story into one of the three plays in his trilogy The Old Glory, first produced by the American Place Theatre in New York City in 1964. Lowell 's version of the story is a more cartoonish and surreal version than the original. External links Wikisource has original text related to this article : My Kinsman, Major Molineux E-text version of ' My Kinsman, Major Molineux ' My Kinsman, Major Molineux public domain audiobook at LibriVox Nathaniel Hawthorne Novels Fanshawe ( 1828 ) The Scarlet Letter ( 1850 ) The House of the Seven Gables ( 1851 ) The Blithedale Romance ( 1852 ) The Marble Faun ( 1860 ) The Dolliver Romance ( 1863 ) Doctor Grimshaw 's Secret ( 1882 ) Short story collections Twice - Told Tales ( 1837 ) `` The Minister 's Black Veil '' `` The May - Pole of Merry Mount '' `` The Great Carbuncle '' `` Dr. Heidegger 's Experiment '' `` The Ambitious Guest '' Mosses from an Old Manse ( 1846 ) `` The Birth - Mark '' `` Young Goodman Brown '' `` Rappaccini 's Daughter '' `` Egotism ; or, The Bosom - Serpent '' `` Roger Malvin 's Burial '' `` P. 's Correspondence '' `` The Artist of the Beautiful '' `` A Virtuoso 's Collection '' `` Feathertop '' The Snow - Image, and Other Twice - Told Tales ( 1852 ) `` The Great Stone Face '' `` Ethan Brand '' `` The Man of Adamant '' `` My Kinsman, Major Molineux '' Children 's books A Wonder - Book for Girls and Boys ( 1851 ) Tanglewood Tales ( 1853 ) Related Sophia Hawthorne ( wife ) Julian Hawthorne ( son ) Rose Hawthorne, Mother Mary Alphonsa ( daughter ) The Old Manse The Wayside This short story -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=My_Kinsman,_Major_Molineux&oldid=824834115 '' Categories : 1832 short stories Short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne Works originally published in The Token and Atlantic Souvenir Story stubs Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from February 2018 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with LibriVox links All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Deutsch Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 9 February 2018, at 19 : 49. About Wikipedia

Question: who is the young man in hawthorne's my kinsman major molineux
Answer: Robin; Robin, a youth; Robin; Robin; Robin