Young Goodman Brown

This story involves a young man and his journey into the woods with another character. Despite the man's hesitance he continues on into the woods with the other character. The man struggles with the decision to join the cult or not. Symbolism in this story reveals itself in different ways, the character who leads the man into the woods to me represents the devil whereas his serpent like staff seemed to show the element of temptation. The devil like character bestows his staff upon the man almost as if he wanted to tempt him into following him further. To me the story shows that even the purist of people can be deceived and tempted into following the wrong path.