Young Goodman Brown: The Woods Woods all over the world are basically the same, made up of similar contents, but they all have different meaning in the way they can make you feel inside. In the short story “ Young Goodman Brown” by Hawthrone the meaning of the woods appears to be satanic. The woods in my story however, are very free of worries and enjoyable. Where Hawthorne’s woods and my woods have different meanings mentally, they are made up of all the same basic contents, they have trees, shrubs, animals, etc. The actual appearance of these woods are the only thing similar, all else is opposite. Young Good