In the theme of morality vs. temptation, Goodman Brown has to either follow what he knows is right, or do what everyone else is doing. One time when he encounters this theme is when he thinks his Faith is gone while he is out in the woods. A pink bow falls from the sky, lands in his hands, and he thinks his Faith has left him. When this happens he decides that the world is given to the devil. He gets up from his rock and runs to where they are
Faint is representing honesty; God and the old representing wisdom corrupt the Devil. As he and this mysterious old guy meet and moving further into the dark forest Brown starts to see all of the evil his family did in the past. That was where he had to make the choice to if he was going to be part of that passes or if he would make his own future. He continues on the road seeing and seeking for more information about that pass. He had seen so many people that he considered exemplary Christians and he seemed doubtful of what he should chose his wife Faith over the road that is ancestors had taken.
In the beginning of the story, Young Goodman Brown is leaving his wife Faith at sunset to go on a journey that cannot wait. The images of a sunset and of the approaching nighttime illustrate the fear of the unknown. Goodman Brown must travel through the darkness before he reaches the light of knowledge just as the prisoners in Allegory of the Cave must travel from the dark cave in order to reach the light. As the story continues, Hawthorne uses the image of a “dreary road, darkened by all the gloomiest trees of the forest” to heighten the fear of the unknown. Goodman Brown has left the comfort of the cave of confusion and is beginning to discover the imperfections of the world and of its people.
Arriving When Father Vincent says “Fear is a journey, a terrible journey, but sorrow is at least an arriving,” he means that uncertainty can sometimes be worse than knowing bad news because at least there is solidity with knowledge. This quote not only applies to Cry, the Beloved Country but the world in general, for it's the universal theme of the book. In Cry, the Beloved Country, the main character, Umfundisi Stephen Kumalo, is on a journey for the whole of the book. He's on a quest to not only find his son and sister but find out why the world works the way it does. It is a horrible journey, and one that seems to have no end.
Young Goodman Brown – Nathaniel Hawthorne In Salem, Massachusetts, in the 17th century, in a community of god-fearing Puritans, lives Young Goodman Brown. He is leaving his house and his young wife of three months, Faith, at dusk on an errand which will keep him away from home the whole night. He is going to a witches’ sabbath to be inducted into devil worship. His journey takes him through the forest which he enters with mixed feelings of doubt and excitement. There he meets a strange man with a staff that resembles a serpent.
A large aspect of the kite runner is the theme of destination; whether it may be the characters actual future prospects e.g Hassan’s future being bleak or whether It is the actual journey and location that they end up getting to e.g Amir and Baba moving to America . The journeys that Amir encounters are significant since they are reflected on how he is constantly running away from his past, desperately trying to rid himself of the guilt that he feels for betraying Hassan, the one person who was completely devoted to Amir. Amir himself states "I actually aspired to cowardice”, Amir knows that he is a coward, despite having a superiority over Hassan he did not have Hassan’s qualities that he truly seeks, which is things such as strength, determination and loyalty. Amir lets the guilt build up inside him, instead of talking about it. Going to America is a significant journey since it is showing Amir doing what he does best, running away from his problems.
This is made evident everytime Atticus tries to keep his children, Jem and Scout Fich, from dangerous situations and when he tries to give them a better life. For example, Atticus does not want the same life he had for his future children, so he decides to take action. "Atticus Finch, went to Montgomery to read law..." (4). He left his homwtown to pursue a carer as a lawyer so that he could change his life for the better. He further expresses his love towards his children when he wants them to go away for the night a mob comes to the jail.
Goodman Brown had seen a minister walking the same path as him; he soon notices no one is perfect. Each of us is faced with unclean thoughts and foul words. The path through the night signifies the road we must face each day in life. We are all given free will to choose between what is right and what is believed to be wrong, but we define the terms in our own individual ways. If we choose the path to evil then evil will consume us in our lives.
Cameron Tipton Mrs. Woodard English 101 13 May 2015 Young Goodman Brown: The Dynamic Dynamite In a dream, Young Goodman Brown finds himself unsure of everything he has believed in. Young Goodman Brown is changed by his spiritual journey and is enlightened by the darkness that lies in the people he trust the most. A few influences play key roles in his transformation during his journey through the forest. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown”, the audience discovers a path of destruction in which the main character is dynamically changed due to his innocence, corruptibility, and faith. Innocence is easily corrupted by the gestures of the obscene.
The journey that Goodman Brown takes itself is a symbol of good versus evil. He is curious about what is happening out in the forest so he meets up with the “man” or devil who takes him on a journey to see a ceremony and along the way he sees many things that make him think twice. He actually asks himself this question, “What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow?” (155) The man’s staff is gnarled and twisted like a snake which can be thought of as the serpent that tempted Adam and Eve. The staff also acted as a tool to help him move through the forest at a quicker pace. When he leaves his wife at the beginning of the story, her pink ribbons symbolize her virtue and goodness but somewhere in the course of the evening he lost the meanings of those pink ribbons and only saw what Faith might have done while in the forest.