Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1804. Hawthorne’s father was a merchant captain at the clipper-ship seaport; his grandfather was a judge at the Salem witchcraft trails. As a young adult Hawthorne used his childhood to help inspire him to write the story “Young Goodman Brown”. This story is filled with ironic twits from the beginning to the end. The story is about a man by the name of Goodman Brown andhis wife Fatih, it is about his chritain values and faith ; and the town’s religuos faith. In the story all the people n the town that were held in postions high reliougs power were deemed as some ort of saints or sinless people. However one night Goodman Brown finds out orther wise that people who were leaders in the church were devil worshippers and that many f the town people were inducted into this evilitry, including his wife. This wS when he lost his religious fatih and his Wife, Fatih. Moreso at the end of the story the reader never tryul knows for sure that this even ever happened because Goodman Brown Himsefl never knew if he was dreaming or if it all was real. It ends withy his death, seen as an igsifnicant one with an unmarked tomb stone. Hawthorne used many attributes from his child hood to wriote this story. By using some of the womane who had being real trialded and the withc trails in Salem. Also the figures of satin changing form the form froma stranger, to his grandfater, and to his father . This shows the reader that he belvies that his hertaihe and his town had more to dod with witch hunting thatn just trailing the accussed, but that some people that are held in high regards and that are alos in high held positions also may be apart of the evil that is plaguing that town. Goodman Brown the star of the entire story, is one Hawthrone wants the reader to sympanthises with. Goodman Brown See his teacher, his Spritual leader, and counselers are all devil worshipeers. This e...
