Young Goodman Brown
Diana Higgins
Everest University

In reading Nathaniel Hawthorne's story Young Goodman Brown I see this was a tale made to show the true nature of most individuals, to expose hypocrisy’s in this tale of witchcraft and the towns people living double lives It shows there true character. It was a suspense story from start to finish. He was man with a strong will and was true believe in all things good when he set out on his journey. His wife faith witch I think also represents his own faith asks him to stay with her and not be out on this one night. The first quote I chose I chose is ‘Say thy prayers, dear Faith, and go to bed at dusk, and no harm will come to thee’ this one will also tie in with my second. I want to know if by him saying this to her he was doing it out of guilt because he was sneaking out to meet the witches in the woods or was it because the wife was speaking of dreams and he wanted her to pray because he was worried about her. In the end he still left and on his journey he held tight to his faith even when told his father and grandfather had chosen the darker side he still declined and was going to turn back when he saw faith and went all the way into the woods. Where the whole town was pretty much but they were different here and they were had his wife to bring in as a new member but in the morning he's in town and everything is back to normal well everything but him there is no witches no burning branches and faith is there but Goodman brown is forever changed he now see's everything in a different light. This brings me to my second quote I chose “Often, awaking suddenly at midnight, he shrank from the bosom of Faith” I believe he felt this way after that night because he's still not sure if it really happened. His whole view of how he saw things was