decision marks the beginning of his troubles A Shocking Revelation When Goodman Brown walks into the dark and gloomy forest he meets a mysterious old man The man seems to have been waiting for him He knows a lot about Goodman Brown's family and their secret sins He says I have been as well acquainted with your family as with ever a one among the Puritans and that's no trifle to say Goodman Brown is shocked to learn that his father and grandfather were involved in evil deeds This revelation starts to shake his faith in his family and his religion Struggle with Conscience Throughout his journey Goodman Brown continues to struggle with his conscience He wants to turn back and return to his wife but he feels a strange pull to continue deeper into the forest He says With heaven above and Faith below I will yet stand firm against the devil This shows his struggle to keep faith in God and his wife despite being surrounded by darkness and evil The Turning Point Goodman Brown's turning point comes when he sees Faith's pink ribbon flutter down from the sky He believes that this means Faith has turned to evil just like the others in the village In despair he cries out My Faith is gone At this moment Goodman Brown loses all hope and thinks that no goodness is left in the world He holds the old man's staff and runs toward the evil ceremony in the forest The staff looks like a serpent The devil draws one to himself by using the emotions of people close to the person A Changed Man After the strange events in the forest Goodman Brown returns to Salem Village a changed man He can no longer trust anyone not even his wife Faith He becomes cold and bitter He lives the rest of his life in gloom and despair The writer says A stern a sad a darkly meditative a distrustful if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream Goodman Brown's experience in the forest whether real or a dream has destroyed his belief in the goodness of people To sum up Young Goodman Brown is a character who starts with a strong faith in his family his religion and his wife However his journey into the forest reveals the darkness in others and himself His story shows how easily faith can be shaken when faced with human weakness and evil