Impact Of Society In Young Goodman Brown 

Young Goodman Brown is one of the best famous stories from Nathaniel Hawthorne, it is demonstrated the dark tragedy related to the puritan faith and the perils of failing to develop one’s convictions, this story of Goodman Brown addresses issues through a journey into a nearby forest. The tale reveals episodes where one´s of the principal authors is the dark devil, and it was causing fear. Nathaniel Hawthorne describes different very important aspects, such as: how can you start a trip well and end up different, how can people influence the decisions of others, and how the author could develop different symbols that represent everyday life.

First, Good Brown says goodbye to his wife who is call Faith too. They were living in Salem Village. Faith, asks him to stay with her, saying that she feels scared when she is by herself and free to think troubling thoughts, he tells her that he probably travel for one night only, and he reminds her to say all her prayers and also go to the bed early. Goodman Brown takes final leave of his wife, thinking to himself that she will have guessed the evil purpose of his trip and he believed that he can change after the trip to be a better person. Goodman Brown started his trip, He looked around with afraid of what might be behind each tree, thinking that there might be the devil himself. He comes upon a man in the road who greets Goodman Brown as though he had been expecting him. The man was dressed in informal clothing, but the man had a stick that features a carved serpent, which is so lifelike it seems to move.

At this moment Goodman Brown notice that strange things begin to happen that makes him distrust walking in the forest, the two-man come upon an old woman, and Goodman Brown recognized Goody Cloyse, who he knows to be a pious, respected woman for his family. She knows him and she identified him as the devil. She revealed herself as a witch. Goodman Brown was very devoted to God things, but there comes a time where he begins to distrust because many stranger things begin to happen in the middle of the forest. The evil dark was represented by Goodman Brown as the devil that corrupts people, but he was shocked when he saw his wife enter the satanic meeting because he believed that his wife was very devoted to God. At the end of what happened, it is not known if it was a Goodman Brown dream or if it was the reality. But he always had the distrust that if it was true or not. (Essay., 2018)

Nowadays, it is normal for some people to not believe in God, and they support things that are belonging to evil. It can be confirmed that evil is advancing every day and the values that bring us closer to God decrease. Nathaniel Hawthorne expressed in this tale some important symbols: Brown’s wife is a symbol for Young Goodman Brown’s faith, but Brown dies a bitter man, blaming the wickedness, but it is important to know that during the tale Brown leaves his faith, Young Goodman Brown symbolizes the innocence of young or a good man, also his trip represents the loss of innocence. The Forest symbolizes the devil’s abode, people believed the woods were of the devil. It can be noticed in the forest the appearance of sin and darkness. (Lorcher, 2020)

Young Goodman Brown reveals the impact of society on people’s lives, every day it becomes more complicated to try to guide people in a good way, few can resist many temptations offered by the world that can cause us pleasure for a moment but then cause us pain, we must try to follow the good path holding on to the hand of God. This story expressed Goodman Brown’s fascination with the devil and the dark side. There is no way to judge if the events in the forest really happened, Goodman Brown comes to that the devil’s words are true, but He tried to resist the devil’s temptations. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story illustrates the hypocrisy and the dangers of blind faith.