Miles Coverdale does not confess anything to his readers in the Blithedale Romance. He thinks he confesses something, and he even goes so far as to say he is confessing. What he is really doing is covering up the fact that he, Miles Coverdale, cannot emotionally attach himself to anyone or anything, and for that reason alone, he completely obstructs any opportunities he has at becoming an emotionally whole person. The person he desires to be. If Coverdale were to confess his lack of vitality, maybe then the novel's readers could truly understand that he will never be able to change the person he is, because he will not allow himself to change.
             Miles Coverdale's life in Boston is one of leisure and lack of purpose. He leaves Boston to become a better person, and to search for a better life (10). He truly believes in the Utopian idea that he will be living in paradise on earth at Blithedale. As he travels into the snowy countryside with some other utopian seekers, Coverdale makes a discovery about the rural air, "Air that had not been spoken into words of falsehood, formality, and error, like all the air of the dusky city!" (11) Coverdale identifies himself with this personification. His life to this point has been one of just false existence, not as fulfilling as he wants it to be. He wants to go to Blithedale and become a changed man. Coverdale deludes himself into believing that a situation like Blithedale can create an immense change within a man- not recognizing that he must create the change himself.
             Upon his arrival at Blithedale, Coverdale can only see the good of the place. The fire that was blazing there is still embedded into his mind twelve years later (9). His immediate thoughts are to meet and befriend his fellow home dwellers in the community. Part of becoming this changed man is to become more receptive to new friendships, which Coverdale lacks in Boston. Coverdale's attention is soon drawn to...