Andrew Goodman

the inadequate schools. Although they had the right to vote, through intimidation, lynching, poll taxes and literacy exams made it difficult for African American citizens to register and exercise their right to vote. One of the main leaders was Bob Moses. Along with Bob Moses were several organizers and volunteers such as Julian Bond, Gwendolyn Z. Simmer, Patti Miller, Rita Schwerner, Tracy Sugarman (who was an illustrater), and Charlie Cobb. Behind these leaders were about 1,000 students both black and white ready to go to Mississippi with a non violent approach. An important part of this project had already taken place the first day when three members (2 white and 1 African American) had disappeared. James Chaney, Mikey Schwerner and Andrew Goodman weren’t found until august and had been murdered. It did not matter whether you were white or black, speaking out against the Mississipians was dangerous and could mean death. Although this was a dangerous time the movement, especially the disappearance and murder of the three activists helped direct the Americans public eye toward the issues in Mississippi and how serious of a problem it was. It disgusts me that in America we could treat our own like that. When we think of terrosim today, Americans immediately think of the devasting day of September 11 but forget that 51 years ago we had our own terrorism on our own soil within our own citizens. It is something that is never talked about. If I had lived during this movement,…

just a few decades prior in Europe under Hitler’s rule. She did not want to say she did nothing (Watson, 131). Motivation also came in the form of hate from the whites in Mississippi, if they were reacting in such a volatile way that meant they had to be doing something right for those oppressed. Volunteers looked forward to the day that MLK had spoken in his “I Have a Dream” speech, and when President Lyndon Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act, that day seemed more in reach. With each step…

strewn throughout his story “Young Goodman Brown”. Ultimately, Goodman…

Dr. Kane Journey Young Goodman Brown and Connie take a journey throughout the short stories "Young Goodman Brown" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?". Both characters have a self-discovery on their journeys, they discover what their world is really like outside their imagination. Young Goodman Brown realizes that nothing is the way he thought and he loses his faith because he finds people he thought were good, such as his wife, Faith, and his minister, engaging with the devil. The…

In the book there is a section titled The End of Young Goodman Brown where Colacurcio theorizes why Young Goodman Brown finished his life depressed, suspicious, and without joy. He suggest it is because Brown “ends by doubting the existence of any unblighted goodness but his own.” (Colacurcio 302) And thus leaving him unable to enjoy his religion and faith has he once had. This is very true because religion was the main focal point in a Puritan village, and the Devil seen as the ultimate evil.…

not gotten lucky and actually took my own life, the facade I created to present myself as self-reliant would have resulted in pain for my family and friends. As the façade I created to present myself as self-reliant didn’t lead to my death only because I opened up and broke said façade, personal façades clearly have the ability to harm others; thus they are selfish. An example of the true nature of façades can be seen in the short story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Near the end…

The story, “A Devil and Tom Walker” has many important themes. These themes are important, because they make the story play out in a certain way. Some of these important themes include, greed, values, religion, manipulation, bargains, moral decay, temptation, morality and corruption, misery and evil vs. good. This story has the theme of greed, because it shows that Tom is greedy and that is why he ends up the way he ends up.…

Blake and Dahl, the Bad Boys People are born both innately good and bad. Throughout history, there are figures that one can look up to as symbols of innocence as well as symbols of evil. Literature has attempted to explain the differentiation between the two, often in a religious sense. “Genesis and Catastrophe” by Roald Dahl was written in 1962 and evaluates the birth of the infamous Adolf Hitler. In William Blake’s “The Tyger,” the author ponders the difference between good and evil in god’s…

Archetypal Analysis on Young Goodman Brown In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story Young Goodman Brown, the author is portraying the hero’s spiritual journey as his breaking of morals and values, inner struggle, and an attempt to overcome his weakness. The author represents the hero’s journey as a way to break his morals and values. Brown is proud of his family and he thinks they are very religious "My father never went into the woods on such an errand, nor his father before him. We have been a…

Most of Hawthorne’s critics feel as if “Young Goodman Brown” one of his best works. In my opinion D.C. McKeithan chooses to interpret Hawthorne’s tale by using an example of a man who is saddened into distrust by the sins of the people surrounding him. He is made skeptical and untrusting of others because of his own contributes into sin. McKeithan goes around this by mainly seeing that while there are a bunch of different interpretations, past critics have failed to realize some of the most…