Journals
Journal 1: Evil inside
Something evil may live inside all of us. Moreover, sometimes this evil takes over our desires, emotions and actions. We are in Puritan Salem at the end of the XVII century. Brown (main character) at night leaves his wife Faith (minor character) at home and hurries to the forest to meet with a mysterious demonic figure (main antagonist). The answer to the question "Why Brown went to the forest?" the readers are intended to find in their own hearts. In the woods on the mysterious rites of the dark forces, Brown meets those who at the day divide social status, reputation, religion, and at night unite in the worship of evil. His wife is here, too. Then the scene changes dramatically, and Brown is alone in the cold and empty forest. Was he dreaming? Author answers: “Be it so if you will; but, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become…” (Hawthorne, 88). So, was he dreaming? Or he was dreaming awake, and all he saw in the forest is just the product of his unconsciousness. The forest with all its inhabitants is the dark side of Goodman’s soul. Back in the village, Brown was horrified to see everybody living ordinary lives of fellow citizens. He lived a long life, but after he died, «they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom» (Hawthorne, 89).
(Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown.” Literature: the Human Experience. 11th ed. Ed. Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz and Samuel Cohen. Boston/New York: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2013. Print.)
Journal 2: “Where we are is who we are”
There always will be someone in front or behind, so it’s important to understand that we run this marathon only with ourselves. We are in a poor New York district, 1970th. The narrator, afro-American girl Sylvia (main character) and her classmates Sugar, Flyboy, Fat Butt, Mercedes, Rosie, Junebug, and Q.T. are taken by college educated
Something evil may live inside all of us. Moreover, sometimes this evil takes over our desires, emotions and actions. We are in Puritan Salem at the end of the XVII century. Brown (main character) at night leaves his wife Faith (minor character) at home and hurries to the forest to meet with a mysterious demonic figure (main antagonist). The answer to the question "Why Brown went to the forest?" the readers are intended to find in their own hearts. In the woods on the mysterious rites of the dark forces, Brown meets those who at the day divide social status, reputation, religion, and at night unite in the worship of evil. His wife is here, too. Then the scene changes dramatically, and Brown is alone in the cold and empty forest. Was he dreaming? Author answers: “Be it so if you will; but, alas! It was a dream of evil omen for young Goodman Brown. A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become…” (Hawthorne, 88). So, was he dreaming? Or he was dreaming awake, and all he saw in the forest is just the product of his unconsciousness. The forest with all its inhabitants is the dark side of Goodman’s soul. Back in the village, Brown was horrified to see everybody living ordinary lives of fellow citizens. He lived a long life, but after he died, «they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone, for his dying hour was gloom» (Hawthorne, 89).
(Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “Young Goodman Brown.” Literature: the Human Experience. 11th ed. Ed. Richard Abcarian, Marvin Klotz and Samuel Cohen. Boston/New York: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2013. Print.)
Journal 2: “Where we are is who we are”
There always will be someone in front or behind, so it’s important to understand that we run this marathon only with ourselves. We are in a poor New York district, 1970th. The narrator, afro-American girl Sylvia (main character) and her classmates Sugar, Flyboy, Fat Butt, Mercedes, Rosie, Junebug, and Q.T. are taken by college educated