Purchase Solution

"Young Goodman Brown" and "Good Country People"

Not what you're looking for?

Ask Custom Question

Pick one of the Hawthorne stories we covered and one of the O'Connor stories and compare/contrast them
Hawthorne's stories are:
Young Goodman Brown, The Ministers Black Veil, and The Birthmark.
O'Connor's stories are:
A Good Man is Hard to Find, Good Country People, and Revelation

Attachments
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary

This gives a starting point for a compare/contrast essay on "Young Goodman Brown" and "Good Country People"

Solution Preview

In order to understand the stories of O'Connor and Hawthorne, you have to understand their backgrounds. Hawthorne's great-great grandfather was a judge at the Salem witch trials. This is something that caused Hawthorne much shame; thus, the theme of many of his works is the hypocrisy of religious zealots. O'Connor, on the other hand, was a devout Catholic who wrote many book reviews for Catholic papers.

If I were to compare/contrast any two stories, it would be "Young Goodman Brown" and "Good Country People." Both stories deal with hypocrisy. Young Goodman Brown is so blind in his religious devotion that he fails to acknowledge the evil in those around him. Whether or not his journey with the devil is a dream, the situation causes bitterness in his life as he is unable to forgive the imperfections of others.

In "Good Country People," Hulga is the opposite of a devout Christian. Due to ...

Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
The Hero's Journey

This quiz will test your knowledge over what the hero's journey is and some examples from literature and the performing arts.

Macbeth Comprehension Act Three

Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the third Act of this famous Shakespeare play.

Who vs. Whom

Students will review the grammatical concept of using "who" versus "whom."

Outsiders Chapter 1 Quiz

A quiz that checks the knowledge students have from the first chapter of the novel "The Outsiders" by SE Hinton

Macbeth Comprehension Act Two

Test your knowledge of basic plot, character analysis, imagery, and language on the second Act of this famous Shakespeare play.

View More Free Quizzes
Related BrainMass Solutions

  • the theme of religious hypocrisy

    Hawthorne stories are: Young Goodman Brown, The Ministers Black Veil, and The Birthmark.

  • Dreams in Hawthorne's " Young Goodman Brown"

    49867 What is the role of dreams in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown?"

  • Young Goodman Brown Assessment

    113640 Young Goodman Brown Since Nathaniel Hawthorne has a reputation for ambiguity, intentionally leaving his stories ambiguous and open-ended, this posting considers the following interpretations: Is Young Goodman Brown's journey into the forest

  • The Puritan heritage of Hawthorne's fiction

    Unable to accept that society is a brotherhood of both good and evil, Goodman Brown chose his own damnation.

  • Nathaniel Hawthorne's " Young Goodman Brown"

    37074 Theme in Nathaniel Hawthorne's " Young Goodman Brown" (Imagery and Symbolism) Providing a 3 prong thesis and then to analyze "Young Goodman Brown" in terms of what this text says about good and evil and puritan morality in general.

  • Young Goodman Brown's language and themes

    "Had Goodman Brown fallen asleep in the forest and only dreamed a wild dream of a witch-meeting?" Thus, these phrases signify to me how torn Goodman is between good and evil, holy and sinful.

  • "Young Goodman Brown"

    96884 "Young Goodman Brown" Nathaniel Hawthorne has a reputation for ambiguity, intentionally leaving his stories ambiguous and open-ended. Critics have read widely differing meanings into "Young Goodman Brown."

  • Goodman Brown's journey

    I also deem it as a dream to denote more of an allegory since so many symbols resonate with "Faith/faith, his name, Young Goodman/ "Good Man," The Forest, The Old Man in the Forest, etc.

  • Interpretation & imaging

    59559 Interpretation & imaging PART ONE I need enough assistance/guidance to do a two page response to the following: Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Young Goodman Brown" I can't determine which of these interpretations makes the most sense.

View More Related Solutions