Compairison of Young Goodman Brown and No Country For...

The story Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne depicts a man whose inner desire is to experience the evil forbidden forest, as well as retaining his image as a, â€Å"good and honest Christian.† This internal conflict is also portrayed in the movie No Country for Old Men, which was directed and written by the Coen brothers. In the movie the main character, Llewellyn Moss, is confronted with the moral dilemma of either keeping the drug money he found or calling the police. Although he morally makes the wrong decision, he still tries to maintain his values and character. Essentially the central conflict of Young Goodman Brown is faithfulness versus forbidden, and the central conflict in No Country for Old Men is honesty versus corruption.†¦show more content†¦The good willed sheriff (Ed Tom Bell) was always doing his best to prevent Moss from getting himself killed, and also wanted to put a stop to the increasing drug related violence in the country. The point of disequilibrium in the movie occurs when Moss discovers the bust drug deal and the money. Moss and Bell were both honest and decent hearted characters (for the most part), and they both were very reminiscent of Goodman Brown. All three characters share same characteristic of honesty, and determination that they will beat conflict confronting them. Hawthrone’s story climax is when Goodman Brown first discovers his wife’s hair ribbon in the forest, and then finally sees her in the evil sermon. The resolution is that when Goodman Brown returns to the Salem again he becomes estranged with this wife and social circle, and becomes very paranoid. The climax is No Country for Old Men is when Moss faces off with the hitman and escapes to a motel where other members of the gang eventually murder him. In the end Moss is killed and the sheriff retires when he sees he can’t stop the violence. Corruption essentially beats out honesty at the end of the movie. Both stories share the same resolutions as well because nothing is really resolved for the better in the sense that evil prevails at the end of both stories. Some of the values that differed in each story were