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In this short story “Young Goodman Brown,” Nathaniel Hawthorne creates an image of innocence compromised in the face of the evil of the world. The way the story is presented leaves a question open as to whether Young Goodman Brown’s experience was real or a vision. Nathaniel in this story does what he often does in his fiction novels; he juxtaposes light and dark, good and evil, and innocence and experience. Doing so, he leaves issues unresolved and that hints at the moral struggle in the world without truly resolving. As well as, raising the issues about human behavior. Hawthorne brought profound moral and psychological insight into his fiction as he explains the complexities of human motivation and action. Throughout this paper Hawthorne’s own life and Puritanical beliefs are exhibited in his novel “Young Goodman Brown.” It provides detailed biographical information on the author’s life and analyzes the faith and nature of his religious perspective. Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in Salem Massachusetts on July 4, 1804. In 1808, when his father passed away, his family moved to Raymond, Maine. He grew up with great access to the classics of English Literature because he was injured for two years and couldn�