Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, is about a man named Young Goodman Brown. He walks with the Devil in the woods, while walking with him. He finds out that his whole town has been living in darkness, and that truth makes him think. Young Goodman has a revelation that evil is the nature of man kind. In “Young Goodman Brown”, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbols to show that evil is hidden in …

…and faith in humanity. In conclusion, Nathaniel Hawthorne uses symbols to foreshadow what is going to happen. He uses the woods, the pink ribbons, and the name Faith. Young Goodman Brown thinks that he is the only one who plays with evil, but his revelation shows him wrong. Is evil is the nature of mankind? No one knows. Yet one has a freedom to choose one’s path in life, whether is good or bad.