Hawthorne free response.

Hawthorne shows through Young Goodman Brown that all people have evil in them which Is why he losses faith in humankind by the end of the story. I believe that when the guide says “Evil is the nature of mankind” the story does agree with this assertion because of how Young Goodman Brown sees people after he leaves the forest. His realization of this evil present in every person is when he says “‘My Faith is gone!’ cried he, after one stupefied moment. ‘There is no good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come, devil! For thee is the world given.’” So here young Goodman Brown realizes that not all people are good and many have evil sides. He sees this in the forest, where there is evil, and he sees people from the town in the forest as well who are suppose to be these good figures, such as Goody Cloyse. So when the guide points out that “Evil is the nature of mankind” Brown starts to see it more and more. Also when he is in town after this realization he has become very bitter and sees the truth of everyone. He says “When the minister spoke from the pulpit …with his hand on the open bible, of the sacred truths of our religion….then did Goodman brown turn pale, dreading, lest the roof should thunder down upon the gray blasphemer and his hearers.” This is now how Goodman brown sees these people are suppose to be pious people but in actuality they have encountered evil. So because of this it shows that evil is the nature of mankind.