Losing Faith in Young Goodman Brown Essay -- Young Goodman Brown YGB

Losing Faith in Young Goodman brownIn Young Goodman Brown, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Goodman Brown is tempted by the evil that surrounds him and he must keep his faith in order to resist it. The use of the events, characters, and symbols throughout the story show that evil is present in the people of the townspeople in which Goodman Brown lives and how Goodman Browns faith in them is lost. Humanity is basically flawed and people struggle with making the choice between proper and evil.Throughout the story, Goodman Brown is worried about the idea of the townspeoplefinding out about his meeting with the devil. Goodman Brown thinks a lot about how his return and grandfather would have never done anything like he was doing. Goodman Brown says, We have been a race of honest men and good Christians . . . (p1208.) Then Goodman Brown finds out from the devil that his father and grandfather had done evil things. The devil tells Goodman Brown, I have been as well acquainted with your family a s with ever a one among the puritans.(P1208.) After Goodman Brown hears this, he begins to qu...