Journey From Faith

Journey from Faith
In Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown,” the main character goes through a life-altering journey through the devil’s forest. Prior to this journey, Goodman Brown has a loving and trusting relationship with his wife and an optimistic out look on his life. However, by the end of his journey he is dramatically different. Through the journey, Goodman’s character changes from a trusting and vulnerable young man, to a distrustful and desperate aged man.
Before the journey begins, Goodman Brown is very trusting in his wife, church, and community. He trusts that his wife is a good faith filled woman who will be a guide for him throughout the rest of his years. One example of Goodman’s trust in his wife, Faith, is before he leaves for his journey he has doubts after Faith tells him she is “troubled with such dreams and such thoughts.” He believes that when he returns, to his wife, from his journey he will be able to “cling to her skirts and f...