In Nathaniel Hawthrone's "Young Goodman Brown" Brown is the main character who go against his christian faith. The story is moral and is deep with allegory. There are many symbols throughout "Brown" that shed lights into the story. Each symbol is profound, and helps the reader to understand the real meaning of the story.
The first thing the reader notices is the where the story take place which is in Salem. This town gives the story the evil setting. In the story we meet Faith, Brown's wife "My Love and my Faith"(187). When he say this he is talking to his wife, but Brown is also talking about his doubtful faith in God. From Faith, we notice that she has pink ribbons on her cap. The ribbons represent purity and innocence and , a carefree attitude to life. He tells Faith that he has to take a journey into the forest, which represent tem
At the end of the story, Browns sees all of the towns people in satanic acts. He lose all faith in the town and , feels as if he can't trust the towns people anymore. He thinks he is the only good man left in the town, but that is not true. He didn't have enough faith in God to turn away from the devil, because of this lack of faith in God he is forever changed by what he has seen. It doesn't matter if it was real or not. He is now "A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative , a distrustful man, if not a desperate man."
What the reader learns for the story is that no matter how strong of a person you are. You can't fight temptation on your own. You have to have faith in God to help you out. Each reader can learn that we shouldn't turn away from God. That God will always helps us in times of trouble. To put God first in our lives and we will have the power to fight
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