ONLINE DISCUSSION September 10th, 2025 Selection: "Young Goodman Brown", by Nathaniel Hawthorne 

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Reading Link: 

https://www.columbia.edu/itc/english/f1124y-001/resources/Young_Goodman_Brown.pdf 

Description from Wikipedia:  

"Young Goodman Brown" is a short story published in 1835 by American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story takes place in 17th-century Puritan New England, a common setting for Hawthorne's works, and addresses the Calvinist/Puritan belief that all of humanity exists in a state of depravity, but that God has destined some to unconditional election through unmerited grace. Hawthorne frequently focuses on the tensions within Puritan culture, yet steeps his stories in the Puritan sense of sin. In a symbolic fashion, the story follows Young Goodman Brown's journey into self-scrutiny, which results in his loss of virtue and belief.