"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Nathaniel Hawthorne does a great job of giving his readers an understanding of the Puritans and Original Sin, in his short story Young Goodman Brown. The story takes place in a Massachusetts town called Salem Village. The main character and protagonist is a man called Goodman Brown. He is changed in the story by the people of Salem. He is happily married to a young woman named Faith. Goodman Brown is about to take a journey through the woods with a mysterious elder man. Before leaving, Faith begs him to stay because she has bad feelings about his trip. He refuses and continues on to his jo…