Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Kya Riley- "Young Goodnan Brown-- Nathaniel Hawthorne"

After reading the short story “Young Goodman” by Nathaniel Hawthorn I was very confused by the storey, with the writing and the langue of the story I couldn’t comprehend everything. For example in some parts of the story I couldn’t tell who was talking, they would change the description/name of the characters which gave it more of a twist and mad it confusing. Another section that had me thinking was at the end of the book were Hawthorne asked the question “Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest, and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting?’’ because trough out the story I was think that all of had happen. And when he asks you the question it really makes you think more upon the story. I think that is the real reason why Hawthorne puts that question in the story, to make you go back and think about what you just read. If this was just a dream and we knew this from the beginning I believe that the story would have made a little difference. With Goodman at the end of the story and the things he reacted to.

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  1. "I think that is the real reason why Hawthorne puts that question in the story, to make you go back and think about what you just read."

    A good observation, Kya. I don't think Hawthorne inserted this question as a fleeting thought. This story gets richer, more interesting, (and more curious than confusing) as you re-read it and question things in it.

    Now I'm curious to know what YOU think about the story as you go back through it, knowing how it ends...

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