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Compare And Contrast Young Goodman Brown And The Man In The Black Suit

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Stephen King’s “The man in the Black Suit” is his homage to Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”. Stephen King believed that “Young Goodman Brown” is one of the ten best stories ever written by an American. “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Man in the Black Suit” by Stephen King have similar storylines, yet a different climax and resolution. First, both stories take place in a different setting and time period. “Young Goodman Brown” was written in 1835, whereas “The Man in the Black Suit” was written in 1996. As a result, both stories take place during different time periods. “Young Goodman Brown” takes place in the 1600s around the time of Salem Witch Trials in Puritan New England. On the other hand, “The Man in the Black Suit” takes places in 1914, just before America …show more content…

There is an age different between the main characters since Gary is only nine years old, while Goodman Brown is married. The readers would expect Goodman Brown to react strongly after meeting the devil compared to Gary. Surprisingly, Gary reacts vigorously while Goodman Brown gets mentally destroyed. Goodman Brown lives the rest of his life as a sad and distrustful person. Gary, on the other hand, does not let that experience destroy his happiness and success for life. Although both stories have various differences, there are also many similarities. Both the main characters live in a place with no technology and transportation services. The devil disappears at the end of both stories. In “Young Goodman Brown”, the devil suddenly disappears inside the forest after making Goodman Brown realize that everyone in the world has turned evil. Similarly, in “The Men in the Black Suit” the devil disappears after chasing and threatening to attack Gary. These events make the readers speculate whether Goodman Brown and Gary actually saw the devil or had a

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Young Goodman Brown’s Black Veil "There is no one righteous, not even one.” This is the theme present throughout the short stories “Young Goodman Brown” and “The minister's black veil”. Nathaniel Hawthorne crafts two stories that not only look at the characters in the stories, but also forces the reader to examine human nature and their own self-righteousness; whether it be from the perspective of Goodman Brown or the townspeople of Salem. Nathaniel Hawthorne offers a peek behind the black veil that everyone wears. The first, and most prominent, similarity in these two stories is theme. Both stories deal with the idea that people are not good and more accurately are evil.

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Young Goodman brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne undergoes the hero’s journey, which is a theory by joseph Campbell that involves a hero that goes on an adventure and in a decisive crisis wins a victory and comes home changed and transformed. The hero’s journey undergoes 7 main stages the hero, herald, mentor, threshold guardians, trickster, shapeshifter and shadow. Which the story of young Goodman brown undergoes

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Young Goodman Brown and The Man in the Black Suit are very similar stories. Both of the stories took place in times when religion important People didn’t believe much in evil because of their belief in God. Both of these stories have similarities, but also some differences. Both of these stories took place in the main characters city or town, but in both stories a forrest was also involved. Goodman Brown was a recently married and he loved his wife.

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The other story, The Devil and Tom Walker, takes place in New England in an old house in the middle of a forest.. The story develops the main character, Tom Walker, and his encounter with the “black man,” otherwise known as, the Devil. The mysterious “black man” offers money

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“Young Goodman Brown” and “The Most Dangerous Game” Fiction Essay In “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Most Dangerous Game,” authors Nathaniel Hawthorne and Richard Connell employ plot, setting, and irony to create themes that are morally powerful. Although these two stories have large similarities they also have major differences. The theme of Good vs. Evil in “Young Goodman Brown” and the overall theme of Instinct vs. Reality in “The Most Dangerous Game” are achieved successfully through the use of these literary elements. Hawthorne and Connell both used the plots in their stories to create the sense of fear and uncertainty which is used to build tension during the conflicts.

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Injustice means lack of fairness or justice, and/or an unjust act or occurrence according to the dictionary. Upon reading three stories of injustice, one might find that some reactions are more understandable than others. ‘Young Goodman Brown’, ‘The Lesson’, and ‘Saboteur’ are all stories of a character being handed some form of injustice. Mr. Chiu in ‘Saboteur’ had the most understandable response to his injustice. Goodman Brown learns about all the bad in the world from a dream, Sylvia learns about the injustice of racial discrimination, and Mr. Chiu learns about injustice through the police.

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In the two short stories, “Young Goodman Brown,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “The Prodigal Son,” by St. Luke there is a parallel struggle of faith. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, “Young Goodman Brown” is a very dark tale of mystery and deceit that surrounds a young man’s test of true faith in his battle against the evil one. In the parable of “The Prodigal Son,” Christ gives the reader a picture of God’s unfailing love toward His children and His ever constant surrounding presence. Faith is tested in each of these stories and the choice becomes to either succumb to this evil world, turn to God, or perhaps something else altogether. Although each story differs in climactic endings, both protagonists in each story reflect the struggle of one’s very soul by their reluctance to fully submit to God.

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Young Goodman Brown could have made a different decision by choosing not to go into the forest. Instead of making the choice to enter the forest, he could have chosen to follow the good path avoiding the evil path. If he had gone down a different path it would have prevented him from losing his belief, religion, and faith he had in God. By Brown going into the wicked forest, he changed as a person because he did not come out the same. After going into the forest Brown realized the world was evil and couldn’t see the good in anything no longer.

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The London fog, the town of Crythin Gifford, and the park scene all gives the novella a very gothic atmosphere. The novella, especially gives a feeling of dread and mystery with the atmosphere. “The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill is a haunting story that leaves the reader searching for more answers, maybe even more than

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They share some very unique differences.   In Young Goodman Brown and The Prodigal Son, the overall mood of the story is different. In the Prodigal Son, the story has a lighter mood, there are not many somber details that make the story seem darker like in Young Goodman Brown. The Prodigal Son story involved the son making a mistake, realizing it and being forgiven. That made the story simple and understandable for what was going on.

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Also, Gary knows “from my church schooling that the devil is the father of lies” which Implies Gary’s mother enrolled him into Sunday school. When Dan died, Gary’s father “carried him in from the west field, crying and calling the name of Jesus.” Finally, when Gary reunites with his father after his encounter in the forest, he notices the ribbon that his mother had “woven through the handle back when Dan was still alive. DEDICATED TO JESUS, that ribbon said.” Gary’s religious upbringing and sudden departure from Church life was traumatic and caused him to experience irrational anxiety.

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The story of Young Goodman Brown is the story of a tale about the main character becoming aware of the hypocrisy of his faith as a Puritan. Through his travels in the woods at night, he unveils the truths, or what he believes as truths, about his wife Faith, neighbors, and fellow Christians. By the end, Brown loses all trust in his Faith, both literally and spiritually, and refuses to see any good in the world. The beginning scene where Goodman Brown meets the old man has the most significance in the story’s resolution. This is where his mistrust starts to form and where he experiences his first temptations to sin.

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