Young Goodman Brown (Questions/ Answers):

1. What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?
        The purpose of writing this story is to show people that there's always good and evil within us all. We may not know what we're capable of in different types of scenarios in ways we can't respond back as we imagine on doing.
2. Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith. After reading the story, do you agree? Does Faith's name fit her personality? Does Brown have true faith in her?
         After reading this story, I disagree that Brown's wife, Faith, fits her personality because Faith was there for him the whole time; however, when he would go to the party of the evil and saw that his wife was there that's when things were taking a turn.
3. What do you think the pink ribbons signify?
        I think that the pink ribbons signify a part of Faith since that it represents her happy/ youthful atmosphere of hers. 
4. Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream? Support your answer with passages from the text.
       Even though he was dreaming something dark and knowing if or not it's true doesn't mean he should take it upon his hands in real life terms. He seen that everyone around him was corrupting due to his excessive curiosity. Therefore, he lost his innocence by inevitable whether his dreams were real or not. 
5. Who do you think the old man really is? What textual clues tell you this?
      It would have to be the devil because Brown knew that he should't be doing something bad and later encounters a traveler who is clothed "in grave and decent attire..." gives Brown a clear indication that there is something mysterious about him.
6. What does the staff represent? Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's conscience/ mind?
      The staff represents evil because when the traveler touched it everything started to move away. Brown's own conscience that leads him to keep on moving.
7. If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different? If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith? Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople?
      Yes, his trip into the forest was a nightmare, he given the choice between heterosexual love or its rejection. When he returns home he is reluctant husband who trusts no one.