Young Goodman Brown

Goodman Brown is the main character. He is married to Faith who wears a "pink" ribbon in her hair. He goes into the forest where it is forbidden, because it is a place of evil. He meets a man in the forest who calls himself "the devil." He sees all these religious people from his community who are "doing evil." He sees a pink ribbon fall from the sky, and at the end he tells faith to look away from the evil. At the very end he cannot look anyone in the face and lives a miserable life.

I think that this story deals greatly with religion. First there is Faith. Her name itself is something strong with religion. The pink ribbons also are a symbol of purity. The man with the stick reminds me of the devil in the Garden of Eden. He says every and anything that he can to get Young Goodman Brown into the forest. I think that in life sometimes we do wrong things that we do not want others to know about, whether they are small or little. That is why Goodman Brown was hiding behind trees and stuff from those that were religious to him. Sometimes we want to hold onto faith, but it is so easy to let go of it and turn your back on it. Another important fact is that sometimes in life we can get disappointed by those we think highly of, if they act like humans and do things that can be wrong.