Young_Goodman_Brown

Young Goodman Brown In the story, “Young Goodman Brown“, there is a distinct presence of good and evil and how a man who represents the world handles them. The paths he takes, and the consequences for his actions are shown in detail as to how they relate to the world today. Also, people can use Goodman Brown=s story as a guide to keeping your faith in God, and if tested to have a strong enough shield to withstand evil and all other outside influences that will occur in life. Another strong emphasis that Nathaniel Hawthorne uses in “Young Goodman Brown” are symbols such as his wife, Faith, the ribbons, and the man he walks with. Also, all the people at the alter are used as symbols in this story by Hawthorne. Goodman Brown starts the story as a good Christian man with strong faith, but something is calling him to take a journey not knowing the reason why. This something is what will eventually test and may even conquer his faith in the end. I felt as if Goodman Brown is leaving his wife, his faith, and his home. His faith is being tested, faith, evil, goodman, brown, journey, tested, life, wife, people, man, being, because, story, path, god, never, world, good, after, things, strong, something, authors, writing, without, way, through, symbols, symbolizes, symbolism, ribbons, represents, one, just, home