Young Goodman brown questions

1.What do you think hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?

A: I think the author wrote the story to show how people could turn evil.

2.Hawthorne states that brown wife is "aptly named " faith after reading the story do you agree? Does brown have true faith in her? 

A:I think her name is faith because the whole story brown was going against his faith in the story

3.What do you think pink ribbons signify?

A: I think the pink ribbons signify that faith is innocent.

4.Was everything brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination , something conjured by evil or a dream?

A:I think what brown witnessed was only part of his imagination and conjured by evil because he was a nice person before he went to the forest. 

5.Who do you think the old man really is ? What textual clues tell you this?

A:I think the old man was really satin because in the story he was carrying a staff with a snake wrapped around it.

6.What does the staff represent? Do you think the staff leads brown onward or is the primary motivator browns own conscience/ mind?
A: I think the staff represents evil. 

7.If brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different? If he stayed home would he still have faith ? 

A:If brown did not go into the forest I think his life would be different. His trip in the woods changed his life because now he has no faith and doesn't trust people.