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Young Goodman Brown 19 Writing Assignment Latinkilla

in themselves . For example , a player on a football team goes into a game with their mind set on winning . During the game they lose the best player on the team on the first play of the game and the other team scores within seconds of the start of the game . Events like that during a game is enough to cause many players on the team to lose faith in themselves as well as the team . Our faith can also determine whether or not we overcome an obstacle in life . If a person believes strongly enough in what they are

doing he will almost always come out of a situation victorious . In the Young Goodman Brown , his faith is tested throughout the story The story begins with Brown going off to the woods to meet up with the devil , but faith does not want him to go . In the story Brown 039 s faith is symbolized by his wife Faith . When the devils asks Brown why he is late , he replies quot Faith kept me back a while quot His reply in a way has a double meaning . His wife Faith physically was the one who was trying to keep him back by asking him to remain with her , but Brown was determined to leave for the meeting . His puritan faith was also what was making him a little reluctant to leave for the meeting . He knew it was morally wrong and against all of his ideals and religious beliefs to meet up and converse with the devil , but left anyway . Religious ideals nowadays don 039 t affect a person 039 s lifestyle as much as used to back in the puritan times , but still has the same effect in some cultures and areas . The devil makes attempts to cause Brown to turn away from...

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