Have you ever discovered that people you know are not who you thought they were? In the short story, "Young Goodman Brown", written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, such discoveries are made by the main character. Goodman Brown leaves his home in the Village of Salem to go on a journey through the forest to satisfy his own curiosity. In the story, Hawthorne uses various settings such as the Village of Salem, the forest, and the witch …showed first 75 words of 571 total…

…showed last 75 words of 571 total…did Goodman Brown find that many of those he knew were not who he thought they were, the reader finds that even Goodman Brown was not who he had been portraying. Brown is portrayed as a puritan, although even he does not do right when he attends the witches' sabbath. His discoveries throughout his journey left him with a total distrust of others and he carried that with him for the rest of his life.