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Young Goodman Brown

Young Goodman Brown is the story that presents the struggle of one man, representing all Christians, especially as second-generation believers, in his Christian walk, because he placed his faith in other people rather than having a personal attachment to his religious convictions.
This specific journey is being taken by Goodman Brown through the woods to have a confrontation with the devil and all things dark under the sun. He sets off, leaving behind his wife, Faith, with the promise that after tonight, he would never again leave her alone and that he will �Cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.� (p.24) It is his Faith that detains him from this confrontation (�Faith kept me back a while� p. 25) and his Faith that he keeps referring to attempting to resist the temptations of Satan. Despite his pause, he meets the dark traveler and agrees to accompany him deeper into the darkness of the forest, continuing further away from his Faith. He is arrogant enough to comment numerous times that he has the ability to turn around at any given moment, but the appearance of several godly personages that he holds in high esteem...

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