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Hawthorne wrote this story to show the struggle of a puritan man and his religion. In my opinion, this journey is real but not a dream. Therefore, the devil, the older traveler did show the truth to him and, I consider, he mislead Goodman Brown. What is the truth that the devil showed to Goodman Brown? First of all, he said, “I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans…I helped your grandfather, the constable, when he lashed the Quaker woman so smartly through the streets of Salem.” (Young Goodman Bro