Young Goodman Brown
By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Summary-
The story starts
off with Goodman Brown leaving his home for some reason, and he enters a
forest. While he is travelling through the forest, he meets a man with a snake
staff, and because of him various issues happen to Goodman Brown. Near the end
of the story, because of these issues, Goodman Brown loses his faith in
everyone.
Characters-
The first
character would be Goodman brown. In the beginning of the story, he is a good
man, and a loving husband. But, because of the snake staff wielder, he loses
his trust in the world.
The wife of
Goodman Brown would be Faith. Faith is a loving and beautiful wife, who loves
Goodman Brown. It is possible that she is evil.
The snake staff
wielder is the antagonist of this story. He seems to enjoy the corruption of people;
the evidence would be when he corrupted Goodman Brown.
Another
interesting character would be Goody Cloyse, who helps children learn the
bible. It is possible she is evil.
Deacon Gookin
was seen at the ceremony, it is possible he is evil.
Plot Elements-
The exposition
starts off when Goodman Brown says his goodbye to his wife, and enters the
forest.
The rising
action would be when Goodman Brown meets the snake staff wielder, and when he
shows him the so called truth.
The climax of
the short story would have to be when he finds out EVERYONE around him is evil,
but this could be true or false.
The resolution
of the short story would be when Goodman Brown loses his faith in everything,
and lives his life with zero faith.
My honest
feelings for the short story-
I found the
story very depressing, because of how it ended. To be honest, not one of my
favorites because of the gloomy ending, don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of gore
and violence (books and movies only), but I just felt empty. I would not
recommend this to someone who is having emotional problems. I find it funny how
his name is good, but I guess that is a pun.
I believe the
moral lesson of this story would have to be trust, definitely trust. If Goodman
had a lot more trust, he might have made it out of there with his stable mind.
This story can
relate to people because of trust, I believe that this story shows how weak the
trust between people are, and why we should strengthen them.
In two words I
would describe this story as L.
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