1. Hawthorne's purpose of writing this story was for the fact the story gave a great example of a plot twist. Not only did he gives us a plot twist, but the story information wasn't giving directly to you, after a while as you get into the story you start noticing the interesting parts of the story. I just really like the fact the story wasnt obvious and it required some thinking to see this. However I think the purpose of this story was to experience a different type of reading & comprehension.
2. Faith's name "Faith" does not eventually fit in her character, well in the story we noticed that at first Faith was a lovable women just seeking great things for her future. As we start getting further in the story, we notice that she is also involved with this witch craft and isn't the person we thought she was. This becomes an issuer because Brown saw her as a loving wife but once Brown wakes up he losses all the faith in her and see's her as a different person.
3. In my opinion I feel like the pink ribbons are a symbol for Faiths innocence and the things that keeps her and Brown together. I also feel like the color pink is so much different and rare due to the fact that this story takes time in the 17th century which most of the colors that were worn were black, white , brown & gray. This pink ribbon is also a sign of her standing out and grabbing the attention of others.
4. I feel like the things the Brown witnessed was just all a dream the was just full of evil. I just feel like this could have been a nightmare because everyone was coming back to life , like his mother and father were with him in this evil forest. Let's just be honest that this doesn't not happen in the real world where your parents come back to life. However the story doesn't tell us but I just feel like this has to be a dream because he returns to Salem the next day and everything is back to normal.
5. The old man is the "devil" well I happen to say this because he practically appears when Brown is walking through the forest. When brown runs into him without a notice, I started to notice that a lot of things were going on such as the forest being on fire and many of his loved ones being demonic and evil. The old man obviously is the reason to all of this because everything went bad when Brown ran into him. The old man also talks about how he knew his grand father and father and just simply knows the story of Brown which is another example of witch craft.
6. The staff is also another symbol in the story. The staff is described as a snake. The old man always offers his staff to Brown and he tells him that the staff will make him get to his destination at a faster time. Brown does get convinced but the staff just leads him further into the forest and the further he gets that where things start to get very evil in the story.
7. I feel like if Brown had never ventured to the forest everything would still be at its place. He would still have faith for all his towns people, but I then disagree because he was trying to get to his destination. So maybe if he had stayed this would only prevent this from happening sooner than later but either he would have still experienced this witch craft. So wether he did or not go into the forest he still would have had this experience.
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