hawthorne

young goodman brown was a hard story for me to get through. i found it compleatly boring and the fact that i had so fuch figurative language in it made it difficult to get a jist of it at a glance. it requires some deep thinking to really understand the story the way the author intended. im not sure if i believe goodman brown actually met with the devil or if he simply went into the forest and had a dream. i'm curious to know if his father and his father before him really met up with the devil as the evil man said they had, if they had been as profoudly effected as goodman brown was. it seemed significant in the story that the goodman was so shocked that his elders whoem he thought so highly of, were to go the same evil path that he was taking. i think using the name Faith in the story really enhanced it because it has such a double meaning. we know the husband is literally afraid of loosing his wife, as well as he is afraid of loosing his faith with God. all the symbolism, such as the devil carrying a stick that looks like an evil respresenting snake, made this story so deep and powerful.