YOUNG GOODMAN BROWN, by Nathaniel Hawthorne

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

Due Wednesday, March 24, 2010

@ 12:00 Noon

Young Goodman Brown

Respond to the “Post a Comment” activity here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/into-woods-lions-and-tigers-and-bears.html

If you are not familiar with Nathaniel Hawthorne, you may find it helpful to listen to the following on-line lecture on Hawthorne and Young Goodman Brown before you read the story (there is also a transcript of the lecture; the link follows):

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio)

"Why We Still Read Hawthorne 150 Years Later," by Dr. Pierre A. Walker, Salem State College (2003) (audio transcript)

Read Young Goodman Brown on pages 81-91 of the text.

You may also listen to an audio recording of the story at this link:

http://www.adamsmithacademy.org/etext/Young_Goodman_Brown.html

Also, here's an online study guide to help you with interpreting the story:

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/Brown.html - Young Goodman Brown

Here’s a link to the full text of Young Goodman Brown:

http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wohlpart/alra/Hawthorne.htm - INSERT 3

Write a First Response to Young Goodman Brown.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Do you think Goodman Brown's trip into the woods was a dream/hallucination or real?

*What aspect of the work affected you most? Why?

Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to Young Goodman Brown.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and tell me how the story affected you.

Guidelines for writing and submitting first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html