Oscar V. Solano

Prompt 4:  Is Young Goodman Brown a static character or a dynamic character?  What is he like at the end of the story?  Did he experience something real in the woods or was it a dream?  Please use at least two elements or quotes from the story to support your points. Young Goodman Brown is a dynamic character. At the beginning of the story Young Goodman Brown believes in the goodness of his father family, until the old man, likely the devil, tell him that he knew them. Goodman Brown believes in the Christian nature of Goody Closey, the minister, and Deacon Gooking, until the devil shows him that Goody Cloyse is a witch and other two are his followers.  Also he believes that Faith is pure and good, until the devil reveals at the ceremony that Faith, too, is corruptible. Young Goodman Brown only experience a dream in the woods. The author said "A stern, sad, a darkly, mediative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man, did he became, from the night of that fearf...

S (make it specific)- I want to become an straight A student this school year, doing extra credit, and finishing my work in time to help raise my grade. M (make it measurable)- Doing my class work and homework  A (make it attainable)- Ask questions when confuse about something. R (make it Relevant)- Yes, because I want to apply for big colleges and having a good GPA would help me, plus some college expect to see a high GPA. T (make it timely)- By the progress report of the second semester.

coherent- ( of an argument, theory, or policy) logical and consistent. belabor-   argue or elaborate (a subject) in excessive detail. eschew -  deliberately avoid using; abstain from. acquisitive -  excessively interested in acquiring money or material things. emulate -  match or surpass (a person or achievement), typically by imitation. banal - so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. excoriation-  congeal - solidify or coagulate, especially by cooling. carping - difficult to please; critical. substantiate - provide evidence to support or prove the truth of. temporize - avoid making a decision or committing oneself in order to gain time. largesse - generosity in bestowing money or gifts upon others. tenable - able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection. insatiable - (of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy. reconnaissance - military observation of a region to locate an enemy or ascertain strategic features...

Faith:  having belief towards something that doesn't necessarily have proof, believing in something for no reason Threshold: is the middle or the place between two places Tarry: delaying  to somewhere or something  Resolve: to make a situation turn to a point that is better and find a solution Discern: to notice or see something or someone Martyr: person that is killed for having a different  religious belief Mirth: having an expression of happiNess or joy giving a huge laughter Catechism: short summary of the Christian religion Pious: someone who is devoted religiously Frenzy: when someone or something is acting wildly

In this story  I can see how many times we judge without taking the time and actually think who should we be judging instead. The ones we call criminals, they probably are, but we believed everything we see or hear, that now days we can get confused and use the term "criminal" with the wrong person, or event. This story makes me realize that when we do things that aren't common things to made, people would judge because you're different but many times they see the wrong side of it, when it might have a good benefits if you take the time and understand why a person is doing what is doing.

My first  impression about "Young Goodman Brown" was that it was a long story. As a started reading I was thought it was about a love story, but then I realized I wasn't. The story tell us how Goodman Brown went to a gloomy forest which happened weird things, after he got out his ways of being changed. This lead me thinking  that an event can change who we are.  

Richard Cory it's a poem that describes a rich men, but also the author turn the aspects at the end. In my opinion the author was trying to tell us that even though we can have all the money, sometimes we can't buy happiness. The theme for this poem I believe it's that the outside didn't match the inside of the character. We thought we knew him but we didn't new him at all. The tone was sincere.