Young Goodman Brown

What would one expect from a man with a personality like Goodman Brown? Authors often use biblical references, leaving the reader to wonder whether all events were reality or a dream. From this short story, we enter a supernatural world full of challenges the protagonist must overcome. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, he uses symbolism and metaphors to represent the ideas and beliefs portrayed in the story. As one is introduced to Goodman’s wife in the first paragraphs of the tale, we…

how geography affected his life. “…I was crying internally and my legs and hands trembled. I clenched my fists, but that made the trembling worse…Before the war a young man wouldn’t have dared to talk to anyone older in such a rude manner. We grew up in a culture that demanded good behavior from everyone, and especially from the young. Young people were required to respect their elders and everyone in the community. (page 32)”The culture is part of his social environment and it determines how he…

Symbolic- The short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, by Flannery O’Connor, is about loss of faith. It shows who many of easily lose faith. In the story learn the story of the Misfit and his two friends, men who have committed crimes and have loss faith. The grandmother talks to the Misfit about god and how it’s never too late to change his ways for the good of his own, however the Misfit no longer believes in a god. Character- The short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, Flannery O’Connor,…

The nature of the society in which Hester and Dimmesdale live in comes from its religious teachings, combined with the unfamiliar and hostile surroundings in which it exists. One such thing which the they did not have control over was the wilderness beyond the town. The Puritans' manners and customs are important to the power of the story in The Scarlet Letter. The story of The Scarlet Letter would be different in modern society. The Scarlet Letter is greatly influenced and shaped by the Puritan…

If you were to ask me what color hair I have or what color eyes, I would be able to answer your question. But what I never realized before reading The Inferno is that everyone and anyone can see me better than I can see myself. Sure I can simply look in a mirror, but that would provide me with nothing more than a mere reflection. The one person you can never truly lay your eyes on is yourself, for only others can actually see you. The same can be said about sin. One can easily look at someone…

(The forest, where unnatural things have supposedly been happening) At the edge of the forest Abigail has called on John Proctor to come and meet with her. It is late at night and John should be home, but for some reason he has came to the forest. He asks Abigail why he has come and she says she has called for him. She looks at him in an enchanting way. Anything that Abigail says Proctor does. Abigail is trying to make John Proctor join her on the dark side. Abigail (Looking at John…

Scamming is a fraudulent scheme devised to make a quick profit. Abia et al (2010), asserted that poverty which is as a result of lack of jobs or unemployment is one of the main root causes of scamming in society. Scamming is alluring to some young people in terms of the wealth or possessions they would be able to amass from this activity. Being unable to get jobs the legal route, even with the proper qualifications, is one of the reasons the youths get caught up in scamming. Morals take a…

The Village remains one of M. Night Shyamalan’s best works within his cinematic career. The story takes place in a small village where a forbidden forest encompasses the entire community. If any individual crosses the imaginary border into the forest, the villagers believe that monsters would seek vengeance and attack anyone who trespasses upon their territory. The elders lead the town and make the decisions for the greater good of the community. The elders induce fear upon the village community…

Adam Brown believed that through faith and family, he could overcome anything. A young country boy from Hot Springs, Arkansas loved his childhood growing up. From friday night football to weekends with friends, this was Adam’s idea of the American Dream. By overcoming his drug addiction, working his way through the ranks as a Navy SEAL, and never giving up despite his injuries, Adam achieved the American Dream. In Adam Brown’s early years of adulthood he made mistakes that would affect him for…

Nathaniel Hawthorne, the author of The Scarlet Letter, wrote the story on how sin effects everyone. In the story, Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale were adulterers and had a child, named Pearl, to reflect their sin. When Hester’s husband, Chillingworth, came to America from Europe and saw Hester, he became the leech to Dimmesdale. Hester and Dimmesdale both had a scarlet letter “A” on their chest to show their sinful ways. In the book, Hawthorne wrote, “But in their great mercy and…