the minister black veil is about a minister who preaches about secret sin. and just like any other normal person who sins the paster himself has his own sin. so he starts to wear this black veil over his face that represented his own secret sin. so he made a promise to himself that he wouldn’t take this veil off until he died and sees God who can forgive him for his secret sin. so his followers begin to wonder about this veil. they begin to question him because they started to believe he was hiding something, some were scared because they couldn’t see his face which led to other speculations. but the pastor still refused to take it off and he still preached his sermon and at the same time he was leading by example by not hiding his own sin. i think this story should be read because it shows a preacher who practice what he preaches and lead by example regardless who believes he’s right or wrong. and it shows his belief and faith as a preacher as well.