During the journey, Goodman Brown recognizes Goody Cloyse, his Sunday school teacher, the preacher, and Deacon Gookin is going to meet the devil. However, after seeing members of his church at the devil's meeting, Goodman says, “My faith is gone! and there is nothing good on earth; and sin is but a name. Come devil! for to you is this world given” (Hawthorne 27). “But where is the faith?” asked Goodman Brown (Hawthorne 29). As hope entered his heart, he trembled when he found the pink ribbon of his wife, Faith, in the forest. At that moment, Goodman Brown lost faith in his family and church members. Goodman becomes ruthless towards others and believes that only evil can be created by evil and that there is nothing anyone can do to change it. Here, Hawthorne demonstrates that a naive faith in the righteousness of our family, friends, and church members could lead to distrust. Although the “good young man Brown” lives a long life with Faith, he never loses his meanness towards humanity and the evil in the world, “for his dying hour was dark” (Hawthorne