Young Goodman Brown �by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Young Goodman Brown �one way to read….
A Close Reading
Get out your reading – as we’ve talked about – if you can print
it out that is always great (though I understand that many of
you can’t) – if you can’t get out a sheet of paper or post-it notes.
Now that you’ve read the story – consider the opening page �again… Start at the very being and end with “more haste on�his present evil purpose.”
Take notes – on EVERYTHING – you’ve read it before, you will�see things that you didn’t before. Look at the names – look at�his actions – circle, underline, connect to other stories (what�we’ve read so far (“The Night Face Up”) JUST the WORDS that�are here…
Here are some 30 years of my notes
Let’s hear – what you�came up with…
Is this a story about
the supernatural?
Who does Goodman
Brown blame for his
predicament?
Who doesn’t he blame?
“Young Goodman Brown came
forth at sunset.”
“In truth, all through the haunted
forest there could be nothing
more frightful than the figure of
Goodman Brown” (32).
What happens when
his heroes fall?
A story from my college days…
Should Faith be
external or internal?
Should he have left�Faith?
Why?
Why did he leave her?
What does this have to
do with “The Night
Face Up?
How is Goodman Brown like
the nameless man?
Following Night Face �Up Discussion – does it
matter if there was
a Witches Coven or if
Faith’s Ribbons fell?
Who is to blame?
Let’s read the article by Mike Royko – you can�find it on Google Classroom.
Remember on page
27 – He says that
Brown should know
Him (he was there…)?
Listen to the song, “Sympathy for the Devil” by�The Rolling Stones – as you listen take notes – �and be ready to connect it to the story – be very
specific!