All people have problems with the community in which they live. Their conflicts are either with the people or the ideas of the community. In the story "Young Goodman Brown," Nathaniel Hawthorne shows his main character having conflicts with his society. Young Goodman Brown, the main character, does not notice these problems until after his trip into the forest. The two questions that Hawthorne implies are why his character cannot adapt to the community and what conditions does the character not agree. Before Brown's visit into the woods, he has no problem with his community; however, he becomes aware of the problems of his community after the encounter in the forest.

Being involved with one's community was very important during the time period. Goodman Brown's community was very small, and everyone knew everyone. If one did not adapt to the ways of the society, then that person was shunned from it. Young Goodman Brown was well adapted to his community and was well known. The man tha

The character in Nathaniel Hawthorne's story is not content with the community that he lives in. After his strange encounter in the woods, he sees that everyone in the village is evil inside. He even finds out his family is apart of this group, and that is really upsetting. Young Goodman Brown will never be able to respect these people in his community after he has discovered their true identity.

Besides not wanting to adapt to his community, Goodman Brown also dislikes the aspects of the village. He has found out that everyone in Salem Village is living a lie. The following morning he comes across many of the villagers who were present at the ceremony. He notices that "the good old minister was taking a walk along the graveyard to get an appetite for breakfast and meditate his sermon, and bestowed a blessing, as he passed, on Goodman Brown;" however, Goodman Brown "shrank from the venerable saint as if to avoid an anathema (272)". He also notices that "Goody Cloyse, that excellent old Christian, stood in the early sunshine at her o

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