Essay On Mr. Brown

     The main focus of the story “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the triumph of evil over good. A supposedly good man is tempted by evil and allows himself to be converted into a man of evil. This is much like the situation that arises in Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter, where two people are tempted to sin and give in thus submitting themselves to the power of the devil. In this novel, the area where the devil resides is strictly parallel to that in “Young Goodman Brown”.

In Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, Young Goodman Brown, Brown goes on a journey through the forest that drastically changes him. While we never know the real reason why Brown went to the forest, the experience in the forest caused him to become a bitter, sad, and lonely man who couldn't look at life the same after that night. There were many events that occurred in the forest that caused this change in him.

A martyr is defined as a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause. To many people back in eighteen fifty-nine, this defined a man named John Brown in many ways. John Brown was a devoted abolitionist who had been important in the conflict of slavery in Kansas. In October of eighteen fifty-nine, Brown led an interracial group of men who took over a federal arsenal in Harper’s Ferry, Virginia, hoping to spark a slave revolt. To his dismay, Brown and some of his followers were captured after a gunfight with federal troops. He was later tried and found guilty for murder, treason, and conspiracy. Browns actions and execution led many people to believe he was in

“Col. Robert E. Lee's Report Concerning the Attack at Harper's Ferry” Civil War Trust http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/john-brown-150/lee-report-concerning-the-attack.html. Accessed 10 March 2017

Brown's attack on Harper's Ferry affected American culture more than can ever be understood. Tension between the North and South was building in the 1850's. Slavery among many other things was dividing the country into two sections. Brown was executed on December 2, 1859 for his murderous out-lash on society. Was his mind so twisted and demented that he would commit cold-blooded murder? The answer is no. John Brown was a man with a goal and a purpose. When he said that abolition could not be achieved without blood he was right. It is one of histories great ironies; John Brown's struggle preceded the Civil War by only 17 months. Thousands of people were killed in the Civil War, yet John Brown

Henry Box Brown was an African-American slave in the 1800’s. When he was young, his original slave owner had passed, and Henry was sent to work for his old slave owner’s son. As he got older he met another slave named Nancy while on an errand for his owner. Brown and Nancy wanted to get married and start a family. Later on, Brown and Nancy had three children. “Unfortunately, in 1848 Nancy and their three children were sold to a slave trader who sent them to North Carolina,” (Simkin). Brown was bemused and mournful because his owner promised to not sell his family. Questions were raised on if he should attempt an escape, and this paper will explain the benefits on why Henry Box Brown made the right decision to escape.

Mary Rowlandson (1636-1711) a puritan women, held as a prisoner by the Native Americans and forced to travel, “some 150 miles, from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river.”(10) was not a writer however had her book, A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson published. The book was released for the, “public at the earnest desire of some friends, and for the benefit of the afflicted”(5-6) and Young Goodman Brown, a fictional character created by Nathaniel Hawthorne, was written because a few male puritans wanted to publish a story to open up societies eyes and live in a more patriarchal society. Regardless of being a fictional character or a

story of Henry “Box” Brown. A slave from Virginia, Henry managed to escape in a sealed shipping container heading north to an abolitionist safe house Philadelphia. There is also the case of Samuel Burris, a free black man in Delaware involved in the trade, who was caught aiding runaway slaves. As punishment in his state, he would be auctioned back off into slavery. Fortunately for Burris, one of his white associates impersonated a buyer at the auction to technically win back his freedom (Underground Railroad – Whisper…). While many unrecorded successful attempts have been undoubtedly lost to history, the ones that survived highlight the intelligence and craftiness of both the slaves and their allies. However, there were great risks.

“Well, good- that’ll be less work for the both of us,” she grinned. Her heart was still beating fast, but at least it wasn’t pounding in her ears any longer.

Foxy Brown, the rapper originally named Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand, not the iconic film character played by Pam Grier, was robbed at LAX. She claims that her checked luggage contained valuables worth over $100,000.

In America, many people are starting to come together and bring attention to the demand that police officer should wear body-mounted cameras these days. Police work has never been easy especially in a society that has negative attitudes towards police officers today, and their every move examined. One question that needs answering is that if police officer Darren Wilson, who shot Michael Brown had been wearing a body mounted camera, would Brown still be alive today. Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was shot and killed on Aug. 9, 2014, by Darren Wilson, a police officer, in Ferguson, Missouri. After Wilson made contact with Brown and told the 18-year-old to not walk in the middle of the road, the officer reportedly realized Brown was

The image we are covering is from November 26, 1859. The image appears to be a pamphlet, handed out days before the execution of John Brown, it discusses a meeting to be held featuring prominent anti-slavery speakers, and invites other “friends of Freedom” and other abolitionist thinkers to come joining them on that day. This pamphlet would come at a time of high tensions in the national argument about slavery, and the violent but purposeful acts of John Brown. This pamphlet would have been circulating in Charles Town, Virginia. This is where John Brown would be finally imprisoned and sentenced to death after his raid on Harpers Ferry. Historians regard John Browns efforts, and the raid on Harpers Ferry to have raised tensions in America. Not even a year later the South would secede from the Union, which would lead to the civil war. This pamphlet not only tells the story of John Brown, who was involved in some of the bloodiest attacks against anti-slavery forces. The man who was not only at the Pottawatomie massacre but also involved in the Border War, or as it is more commonly known Bleeding Kansas. But this pamphlet tells the tale of changing ideas in America, and the people brave enough to meet and stand up for what they believe. The story of this pamphlet and of John Brown, are a violent and bloody story of American turmoil, and the blood we are willing to shed to fix it.

This movie is about the musician James Brown. James grew up in Barnwell, South Carolina to Joe and Susie Brown. James did not have the best childhood, and grew up in poverty. He lived in a small one room shack in the woods. When he was around the age of 4, his parents decided to split up, and he was sent to live with his Aunt Honey. His Aunt Honey was the owner of a brothel in Augusta, Georgia. When he lived with his aunt, James would work whatever kind of jobs he could to make some money. He would sing and dance for the soldiers for pennies. He later began to shine shoes for a nickel. A few other odd jobs he had were picking cotton, and washing cars. Growing up Black in the South as very difficult for James, so he decided to turn to music to help him get through. He first starting his singing career and a member of his church's choir.

When he was exploring the house he came across the master bedroom in which he decided to not go in. When he came across that room it made him look repulsed in a way. The visitor was thankful of the current residents for allowing him to come reminisce on his childhood.

In 1911, G. K. Chesterton publishes “The Innocence of Father Brown”, a book with numerous detective stories that besides entertaining does a great job in describing the culture of England at the beginning of the 20th century. By looking into “The Hammer of God”, one of the stories, a reader also gets an insight into the life of a small English community. Mainly focusing on Wilfred Bohun, the protagonist of the story, a limited narrator gives a somewhat biased description of other characters. However, even the least important characters contribute to the realization that the English community from the early 20th century was not much different than other communities of that era. Since the quality of the community can best be evaluated from