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Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “Young Goodman Brown” presents the idea of a loss of innocence. ... In the story of Young Goodman Brown, he was confronted with different things that he did not agree with. ... Young Goodman Brown started his journey through the woods, and this represents the internal conflict he had to deal with throughout the rest of the story. Brown is faced with a decision of whether he wants to join the land of evil in the woods and become part of the Sabbath and engage in devil worship or if he wants to remain a part of the innocence, youth, and naivete of the village. ... This internal conflict ultimately destroys Brown and leads him away from his innocence and into becoming a new man of experience.
The devil reveals a series of horrible things to Brown as they walk through the woods. ... The fact that Brown is reluctant towards the devil illustrates that he is unsure about joining forces with the devil. ... The devil convinces Goodman Brown that the very nature of people is evil, and therefore good does not exist. Brown agrees with him when he says, “There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. ... ”
Brown’s realization that the nature of people is, indeed, evil, turns the issue of a loss of innocence into coping with the reality of that statement.
Approximate Word count = 1038
Approximate Pages = 4.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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