Analysis Of The Book Good Youngman Brown - 1723 Words

In â€Å"Good Youngman Brown†, nature plays the roles of: corrupting what Brown originally knew, and deceiving his perception of reality. Originally, Brown viewed nature as a means to attain salvation, and set off into the woods to do so. However, Nature shifts Brown’s plans by forcing him to view people he knew in a darker and more demonic light, and starts questioning Brown’s own values. As Brown journeys deeper into the forest, he sees different versions of people he knew, and is surprised by it. For Brown, Nature removes the outward appearance and reveals another person beneath the surface, leaving him questioning what happened. As first stated, Brown enters the forest with the hope of attaining access to heaven (Hawthorne 190). However, Brown starts to question this himself when he meets Goody Cloyse in the forest (Hawthorne 194). Initially, Brown is surprised to see Goody Cloyse in the woods and states: â€Å"’That old woman taught me my catechism,à ¢â‚¬â„¢ said the young man† (Hawthorne 195). By describing the Goody Cloyse as his first spiritual teacher, Brown reveals that Goody Cloyse’s supposed to show good Christian behavior, instead of acting like a witch in the woods (Hoffman 194). After meeting Goody Cloyse, Brown does attempt to leave the forest: â€Å"’my mind is made up. Not another step will I budge on this errand. What if a wretched old woman do choose to go to the devil when I thought she was going to heaven.† (Hawthorne 195). As stated by Kumra, Goody Cloyse is a spiritualShow MoreRelatedYoung Goodman Brown: Characters4483 Words   |  18 PagesYoung Goodman Brown: Characters Introduction â€Å"Young Goodman Brown† is a short story by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story made its first appearance in the New England Magazine for April 1835 and was collected in Mosses from an Old Manse in 1846. The story is set in the Puritan New England, a common setting for Hawthornes works, and like most of the stories in Mosses, â€Å"Young Goodman Brown† examines Hawthorne’s favorite themes: the loss of religious faith, presence of temptation