Faith And Symbolism In Bruce Lee's Young Goodman Brown

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The first thing that the reader realizes when reading the text is that Goodman Brown is very anxious and uneasy when leaving his wife. He remarks, “What a wretch am I to leave her on such an errand!” (Hawthorne np). This might explain how he is very unsure of what this “errand” might ensue. Of course, having read the story, the reader would know that the so called “errand” was an excuse to talk to the devil himself. Brown’s id basically triumphs when he makes the decision to leave his wife to converse with the Devil. This is the first red flag for the reader. Hawthorne inserts a foreshadow concerning this following the departure of Goodman Brown from his faithful wife. Brown states, “What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!” (Hawthorne np). This is exactly what happens after he remarks that line, seeing the man on the road. The reader can now assess that Brown is unsure of his errand that he is running, considering that he is leaving the safe puritanical village and entering into the forest, a symbolic place of chaos and evil.

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you can run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” – Michael Jordan “If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.” – Ball Quotes

No matter what obstacles stand in your way, keep moving forward and proceed to the finish line.

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, “Young Goodman Brown”, is a suspenseful story in which we see various forms of symbolism. This story presents us with the protaganist, a young and innocent man named Goodman Brown, which by his name is actually a good religious man. He departs away from his wife faith, to embark on a journey into the woods, he will return by morning. His wife faith begs him not go. On his journey, he finds himself on a dark path and it swallows him up as he advances along the path. Goodman Brown shows us that his faith is not as strong as he thought himself to be. Symbolism in this story, is used to illustrate the uncertainity of Brown’s faith, and the evil that tries to pull him in.

With this excellent resolve for the future, Goodman Brown felt himself justified in making more haste on his present evil

Sir Winston Churchill, a British politician from 1800’s says “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.” Throughout my few years of living, I have learned that everybody is going to fail at something at least once. It is up to you to take all of your failures and turn them into success. It’s not going to only take one day but everyone is destined to be successful.

“Be realistic and stop believing you can do it, because you can't” Not only are words hurtful but hearing these words being said from my older sister who I used to look up to was a setback. Not only was it said by her but my mother who was supposed to be my rock had told me that failing can absolutely not be an option; if I were to fail I would simply be a disappointment. “Do it right the first time, otherwise you're wasting your time.” I became more determined to never become my mom nor my sister but to become a person whose aspirations were to become real no matter how untouchable the circumstances

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.”

I’d have to ask, how important is the goal to you. Edison tried over 1,000 times and failed before he succeeded. He also said, “Failure doesn’t mean you are a failure, it means you have not succeeded yet.”

There is an African proverb which states: “When there is no enemy within, the enemy outside can do you no harm” (paraphrased). This represents the idea that when you have your mind set on what you want to do and you have no doubts about it, nothing can stop you. It proves you shouldn’t be scared that you won’t make it, but you should fear that you will be unstoppable.

Stop. Think. Success. The TED talk video "Programming your mind for success" by Carrie Green is describing her life experience with success and failure and few useful advices how to turn them into pure success.

However, if we choose to give up on ourselves in the middle of the journey just because we have low self-esteem and do not believe that others can support us, we can never be successful. Hence, only the person who endures throughout the journey and believes strongly in hope is qualified enough to be successful.

Goodman Brown is also very suspicious and mistrusting of his wife and does not acknowledge her when he sees her. "..But Goodwin Brown looked sternly and sadly into her face, and passed on without a greeting." After witnessing the meeting with the Devil, Goodman Brown has a different view of the people in Salem and society as a whole. He originally viewed many people as trustworthy because they were very religious, and gave the illusion of being trustworthy. After witnessing the meeting, his views changed and he became very suspicious of them. Goodman Brown's view of society as a whole also changed. Many people at the meeting were members of Salem who were held in high regard. After seeing these people there, Goodman started to question many things about society and became very suspicious and mistrusting of many people in Salem. Goodwin Brown realized that many people are not who they pretend to be. “A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, and distrustful, if not desperate man did he become.”