Essay - Young Goodman Brown Introduction the Purpose of This Paper Is...

YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, d*****cuss, and analyze the idea of real-life events relating to "Young Goodman Brown," by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

YOUNG ***** BROWN

Young ***** Brown's journey is a classic tale ***** good versus evil. Brown's journey cons*****ts of a nocturnal forest visit ***** resist ***** temptations of the devil. He must return to his village before sunrise.

Brown is unsure of himself, ***** fearful of h***** visit. When he first enters the forest, he's afraid ***** everything, looking for something evil behind every tree limb and rock. I have often felt the same way when I enter a room full of strangers. I am nervous ***** how ***** appear, and ***** I will sound as I talk with them, and I hope that they do not think badly of me.

***** he meets a traveler who seems evil ***** him, and he resists the traveler's advances. ***** feel the same way ***** I ***** not know someone, and they make a rude rem*****rk, or seem unkind. I will stay a***** from *****.

***** feels strong and powerful, and that he can defy the evil in ***** *****est, until ***** meet his childhood catechism teacher and he sees she has turned ********** something evil. When ***** happens he loses much ***** his confidence. ***** remember meeting someone I had known many years before, that I had always thought of as my friend, ***** I found out t*****y really were not my friend at all. ***** lost ***** confidence in them, and in my ability to see people for what they ***** are. It took me a long time to trust some of my *****s *****gain.

Now ***** he continues through the *****est, he looks for good and hope, but hears only strange howling voices. He does make it to the end of ***** journey, but he finds his fellow ********** enjoying Satanic acts. He loses all fa*****h in t***** villagers, and in his ability to defy evil. The next morning he wakes up in the forest. ***** ***** ***** know if the events ***** the previous night ***** true, or dreams, but he believes *****, and distrusts all the *****, even his wife. He never really discovers what happened ***** the forest that night, but he believes his own ********** more than t***** goodness of others. ***** dies a bitter and unhappy man, never regaining ***** good or trust of his fellow man.

Luckily, I discovered that I still have good friends in my life, who care about me. They are not like the friend that let me down, ***** the evil that Brown uncovers in the forest. I learned how to learn from my mistakes, and discover more about the people I feel close *****, before I call them "friend." ***** does ***** learn from his mistakes, in fact, he allows ***** to ruin the rest ***** his life, and drive a wedge between his family, and the townspeople. Before, he