"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne is a story of a young man who is tempted by the Devil. Satan accompanies him on a walk through the woods late at night, away from his young wife and deeply religious Puritan community. The devil uses many deceptive techniques in the battle for Brown's soul; He attempts to convince the young man that everyone from the minister down is employed in his service. Though in the end Goodman Brown is able to resist the the Devil, it does not make his Faith any stronger. Instead he is forever haunted by the images, that the Devil showed him and continues to question the faith of everyone around him. I think this story describes a person's first run-in with dishonesty and shows how some people, having one bad experience, are never able to trust anyone again.