Response To Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown a text by Nathan Hawthorne, is a story that entertains its audience by using different scenarios which makes the reader question what the authors purpose was. I believe that throughout the story I was able to relate and understand what happened to Goodman Brown and his overall experience in the story.

In this world there are many good and bad things, and they come in all shapes and sizes. In this particular story it happened to be people. In some cases, we might not see their intentions right away, but the truth comes out eventually. For Goodman Brown, walking into that forest alone was not a good idea, he realized it when he was approached by a man with a strange resemblance and his staff which he said “bare the likeliness of a great black snake”. He wanted to go back because he started realizing something was odd, but his companions wanted him to continue moving forward. “Let us walk on… If I convince thee not thou shalt turn back” said the man. (Hawthorne 869) This is an example of peer pressure, when something doesn’t feel right and you don’t want to do it anymore, but others convince you to

He didn’t listen, and still left, but when he realized what he had gotten himself into “Goodman Brown sat himself down on the stump of a tree and refused to go any farther” (Hawthorne 872) Although that did not last very long, because he still got up and kept going, and towards the end he found himself in a scary situation. I’ve personally experienced situations where I been told not to go somewhere because it might be a dangerous place, but being as stubborn as I am and thinking that I am grown and can handle any situation I still go and the outcome isn’t very good. That is when I realize that I should start listening and stay away from sticky