Part one of term paper
The story of Young Goodman Brown is about a man and his faith in himself, his wife and the people of the town he lives in. Goodman Brown struggles between the evil temptations, the devil, and the proper church abiding life. Upon entering the forest he is suspicious of every rock and tree, thinking something evil will jump out at him and har ...

Part two of term paper
... low. He continues down the trail looking for hope in the heavens but hears only howling voices. Goodman eventually reaches his destination and sees the rest of the towns people there participating in evil acts. When he sees this it destroys any faith he might have had in the community or in himself and he appears to give-up on life. The following morning he finds himself in the forest and wonders what happened to him the previous night. He didn’t know if what he witnessed was real or imagin ...