Essay

“Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne and “a Dream Within a Dream” share many similarities. In both stories they live life not knowing if what they are living is a dream. Young Goodman Brown saw all the people that he saw good and that gave him faith in the world turn out to be devil worshipers. He couldn’t tell if what he lived was a dream so he now saw all the people that gave him faith different for the rest of his life. In a Dream Within a Dream the author doesn’t known if the life he lived was a dream. In both of the stories there are things that represent other thing. For example Young Goodman Browns wife represents his wife and the faith he has. In a Dream Within a Dream the author sees that he isnrunning out of time. This is represented by the grains of sand slipping out of his hand and he is not able to save any pieces. The difference is that Young Goodman Brown dies without knowing if what happened was a dream so it was a sad death. In a dream within a dream the author can still live his life in a good way.

The Making of an Essay

While writing my essay I had to think about how the hacker was feeling about what he was happening to him. I had to see throgh both perspectives to fully understand what was being said in the story.

Conscience of a Hacker

      The author of  “Conscience of a Hacker” wanted us to understand that people will criticize you for doing the things you love. The author says ,“We explore ... and you call us criminal. We seek after knowledge and you call us criminals.” what I think he is trying to say is that the people who are calling him a criminal don’t understand what it means to be a hacker.