Young Goodman Brown Dream Or Reality
Young Goodman Brown: Dream or Reality?
The story of young Goodman brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne contains a series of events in which had left readers skeptical about whether or not the journey he had ventured was a reality or just a dream. The story was about a Puritan man, who was from the village of Salem. He arranged to meet the devil and is taken on a journey into an evil and mysterious forest. His faith was constantly tested throughout the trying events that he had faced with the devil. There were many occasions where the journey had appeared to be a dream. However, the vivid descriptions of events and the long-lasting affects that Goodman had faced determine that the journey was a reality. The events clear and descriptive events that are circulating Young Goodman Brown's journey are indeed real and not figurative.
Generally, a dream contains many illogical situations and majority of a time a person's dream becomes a blur. A person who experiences a …show more content…
frightening and surreal dream becomes slightly startled but this usually does not have a long lasting effect on an individual. After the difficult events that he had faced with the devil, Goodman had been affected mentally and emotionally. After, he shockingly discovered that the people who seemed to portray a pious demeanor were the complete opposite; Goodman had obtained a severe and negative perspective of the world. He had issues trusting other people, so he had kept distance from his significant other and other groups of people. The long-lasting effects Goodman faced cannot be merely from just a simple dream.
In addition, the point by point descriptions that Young Goodman Brown had experienced on his journey were clear and distinctive.
From the way that he had described the serpents carved staff that was snake like and the pink ribbons that had fallen after he had lost his wife innocence and religion indicates that it is a reality. Another example mentioned in the story was “At one extremity of an open space, hemmed in by the dark wall of the forest, arose a rock, bearing some rude, natural resemblance either to an alter or a pulpit, and surrounded by four blazing pines, their tops aflame, their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting” (pg.6). These point by point descriptions of the settings and situations can't be all clearly described if someone had just awakened from a dream. After the frightening events that he experienced, it had a long-lasting effect and he started to question his religion. This proves to that it is impossible to think that such “dream” can affect your
reality.
The author of this story had left readers open to interpret whether this was a dream or a reality. Many people argue that in many situations he had described were dream-like characteristics. However, the distinct and peculiar events that are circulating Young Goodman Brown’s journey are indeed a reality not a dream.
The story of young Goodman brown written by Nathaniel Hawthorne contains a series of events in which had left readers skeptical about whether or not the journey he had ventured was a reality or just a dream. The story was about a Puritan man, who was from the village of Salem. He arranged to meet the devil and is taken on a journey into an evil and mysterious forest. His faith was constantly tested throughout the trying events that he had faced with the devil. There were many occasions where the journey had appeared to be a dream. However, the vivid descriptions of events and the long-lasting affects that Goodman had faced determine that the journey was a reality. The events clear and descriptive events that are circulating Young Goodman Brown's journey are indeed real and not figurative.
Generally, a dream contains many illogical situations and majority of a time a person's dream becomes a blur. A person who experiences a …show more content…
frightening and surreal dream becomes slightly startled but this usually does not have a long lasting effect on an individual. After the difficult events that he had faced with the devil, Goodman had been affected mentally and emotionally. After, he shockingly discovered that the people who seemed to portray a pious demeanor were the complete opposite; Goodman had obtained a severe and negative perspective of the world. He had issues trusting other people, so he had kept distance from his significant other and other groups of people. The long-lasting effects Goodman faced cannot be merely from just a simple dream.
In addition, the point by point descriptions that Young Goodman Brown had experienced on his journey were clear and distinctive.
From the way that he had described the serpents carved staff that was snake like and the pink ribbons that had fallen after he had lost his wife innocence and religion indicates that it is a reality. Another example mentioned in the story was “At one extremity of an open space, hemmed in by the dark wall of the forest, arose a rock, bearing some rude, natural resemblance either to an alter or a pulpit, and surrounded by four blazing pines, their tops aflame, their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting” (pg.6). These point by point descriptions of the settings and situations can't be all clearly described if someone had just awakened from a dream. After the frightening events that he experienced, it had a long-lasting effect and he started to question his religion. This proves to that it is impossible to think that such “dream” can affect your
reality.
The author of this story had left readers open to interpret whether this was a dream or a reality. Many people argue that in many situations he had described were dream-like characteristics. However, the distinct and peculiar events that are circulating Young Goodman Brown’s journey are indeed a reality not a dream.