first meets the eye. Almost everything in the story has meaning. All I*BR*

have to do is try to find the hints and clues the writer drops and*BR*

manage to put them all together. I have to concentrate more than I ever*BR*

have so that I can interpret the authors meaning and what he or she*BR*

might really be trying to convey in the writing. In "Young Goodman*BR*

Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne, I determined that through diverse*BR*

symbolism, Hawthorne writes of a man who in his coming of age learns*BR*

that there is a darkness in everyone and upon this coming of knowledge,*BR*

From the start, Hawthorne describes Goodman Brown as a good Puritan who*BR*

Puritan faith. There are many times in the story when he is questioning*BR*

Goody Cloyse is encountered, Brown learns how she truly feels about him;*BR*

his faith by listing the examples of religeous infractions by his*BR*

and even the Indians are all servants of the Devil. When Brown learns*BR*

despair and guilt he lets Goodman Brown feel.*BR*

that his wife has given into the temptation of the Devil, the Christian*BR*

Some common words found in the essay are:
Devil Christian*BR*, Brown Devil, , Goody Cloyse, Brown Puritan, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Goodman Brown, Devil Brown, Gookin*BR* Indians, goodman brown, goody cloyse,
Approximate Word count = 535
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)