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The Light or Darkness
One of the most important topics addressed by Hawthorne in his writings is faith. Hawthorn uses faith in a common literature triplet that he used throughout the story of Young Goodman Brown. In his story he used the following three types of faith: faith in God, faith in his wife, and faith in humanity.. Faith controls our every drive to fulfill a dream our drive to become a better person and in some cases our drive for an eternal life.
Talking about faith, or keeping the faith, is like trying to grab a fish in the water with one hand. Faith is a word of many synonyms. The Webster dictionary states that faith is trust; confidence - the complete acceptance of a truth, which cannot be demonstrated or proved by the process of logical thought. The Bible dictionary says that faith is trust in and on reliance on God.
Ephesians 6:16 - Take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Goodman Brown did not have faith..