Reason for Reading:
- This is one of my assigned readings from class this fall.
I also recommend:
- Vanishing and Other Stories by Deborah Willis
Summary from GoodReads:
Hawthorne’s classic tale of a young Puritan’s meeting with the Devil.
My Review:
In just 48 pages, Nathaniel Hawthorne strips the outer veneer of humankind and lays them bare for what they really are, or are they?
Religious beliefs really come into play when reading a story like Young Goodman Brown. My own beliefs state that mankind is flawed, that we are first and foremost sinners – so what Young Goodman Brown saw when he made his walk through the forest, what he was confronted with wasn’t really that much of a surprise to me. Yes, it was exaggerated, but I got what he was trying to say.
What was interesting to me was how far Hawthorne himself had come through his lifetime, and how sad as a person he must have been when he’d seen those outer layers stripped away and lost his faith, much like Goodman Brown.
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