Young Goodman Brown was asked by the old man in the woods to follow after him. One reason, why the author uses the old man as the “Devil” because in today’s Christianity in the Bible the Devil is known as the Serpent.( )…… Why are you mention the Serpent? Is it used in the story? While Brown was on his way far on his way into the forest and his experience at black Sabbath causes Brown to lose his faith. When the old man asks what took Brown so long to get there he responded to him with “Faith kept me back awhile “(586). The author uses this quote from his short story to symbolize Brown’s faith along with his wife, Faith. One thing Brown noticed while he was trapped in the “evil forest” was many of the people who lived there were important
