Nathaniel Hawthorne is a famous American writer in perspective of his unique style of metaphor and symbolism.His work usually creates an atmosphere of fear,depression,dark,death and hatred.The Scarlet Letter,which was widely considered to be his master piece,is no doubt the representative of this writing style.In it,the author created several characters; both made their first appearance naturally and without much suspension,yet with the development of the plot and Hawthorne’s exquisite depiction of the miens and actions of characters,the struggle,the mutual relation and all the complicated emotions,the book revealed a magnificent series of story-telling pictures in front of the readers.This paper intends to look into Hawthorne’s art of using metaphors and other writing techniques,and finds it is truly a good textbook for people learning how to write a good piece of work. Nathaniel Hawthorne is a famous American writer in perspective of his unique style of metaphor and symbolism. His work usually creates an atmosphere of fear, depression, dark, death and hatred. The Scarlet Letter, which was widely considered to be his master piece, is no doubt the representative of this writing style.In it, the author created several characters; both made their first appearance naturally and without much suspension, yet with the development of the plot and Hawthorne’s exquisite depiction of the miens and actions of characters, the struggle , the mutual relation and all the complicated emotions, the book revealed a magnificent series of story-telling pictures in front of the readers. This paper intends to look into Hawthorne’s art of using metaphors and other writing techniques, and finds it is truly a good textbook for people learning how to write a good piece of work.