Hawthorne, “Young Goodman Brown”

Develop a one- or two-paragraph response to the following: 150 – 200 words only Identify one of the main themes used in the story. Explain the message the author is conveying by telling the story in this way. Provide at least one specific example and at least one quotation from the story to illustrate your point. Discuss how this message affects your reading and interpretation of the story. Is the story more effective or powerful because this theme is included? Theme refers to the underlying messages or major ideas presented in the story. The author presents some belief about life by telling the story in a certain way. You, as the reader, can interpret what message you received from reading the story, but you must be able to offer evidence to support your viewpoint by sharing examples and quotations from the story. Remember to provide evidence for your claims in the form of quoted passages from the story. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries should be cited according to APA rules of style, including in-text and reference citations. Quoted material should not exceed 25% of the document. Example APA Reference from the eBook Welty, E. (2016). A worn path. In L.G. Kirszner & S.R. Mandell (Eds.), Compact Literature: Reading, Reacting, Writing [VitalSource digital version] (pp. 464-469). Boston: Cengage. FYI, The pages of the story are color-coded and the line number’ of the sentence is highlighted in yellow. This assignment only has to be 150 – 200 words. Thank you