YGB Questions

1.What do you think Hawthorne's purpose was for writing this story?
• I think that Hawthorne's purpose on writing this story was because to say that you can change and you wont notice.

2. Hawthorne states that Brown's wife is "aptly named" Faith.  After reading the story, do you agree?  Does Faith's name fit her personality?  Does Brown have true faith in her?
• After reading the story I agree that Brown's wife is aptly named faith. I feel like Faith's name fits her personality. I think that Brown has true faith in her because he loves her and he doesn't want anything bad to happen to Faith.

3.What do you think the pink ribbons signify?
• I feel like the pink ribbons represents how innocent Faith is and how she cares so much about his husband.

4.Was everything Brown witnessed real, a figment of his imagination, something conjured by evil, or a dream?  Support your answer with passages from the text.
• I think that everything Brown witnessed was a figment of his imagination because he says "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow" maybe because he was thinking that he imagined the devil being there with him.

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

6. What does the staff represent?  Do you think the staff leads Brown onward or is the primary motivator Brown's own conscience/mind?
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7. If Brown had not ventured into the forest, how would his life be different?  If he'd stayed home, would Brown still have Faith?  Would he still trust his wife and his fellow townspeople
• If brown wouldn't have gone to the forest he would still have Faith.