“A marvel, truly, that Goody Cloyse should be so far in the wilderness at nightfall.” Goodman Brown is shocked that someone as ‘holy’ and ‘put together’ as Goody Cloyse is so far into the ‘wilderness’. He is continuing to come to these realizations while all the while losing his innocence. As Goodman Brown continues his journey through the wilderness he begins to have some doubts about what he actually believes in. “He looked up into the sky, doubting whether there was really a heaven above him.” Heaven is a big part of Christianity and the fact that he has doubts show that he is not the innocent minded character he was in the beginning he can decipher between the truth and the
“A marvel, truly, that Goody Cloyse should be so far in the wilderness at nightfall.” Goodman Brown is shocked that someone as ‘holy’ and ‘put together’ as Goody Cloyse is so far into the ‘wilderness’. He is continuing to come to these realizations while all the while losing his innocence. As Goodman Brown continues his journey through the wilderness he begins to have some doubts about what he actually believes in. “He looked up into the sky, doubting whether there was really a heaven above him.” Heaven is a big part of Christianity and the fact that he has doubts show that he is not the innocent minded character he was in the beginning he can decipher between the truth and the