The geographic and social isolation experienced by the two men put community acceptance into the highest regard. …show more content…
The Puritans were a group of people who chose to live by the harsh rules set by the Book of Leviticus. It governed every aspect of their lives, religiously, socially, even politically. They lived in small communities in England, and then in the New World. In America, they were separated from other colonies, and thus lived, for the most part, without interaction from the outside world. The Puritans were such a religious group, that in order to gain voting rights in the Church, they had to go through a successful conversion event, even though such an event was not clearly defined. In order to be anyone of any standing in the community and be accepted, Goodman Brown would have to show that his faith was tested and he came through successfully. Langston Hughes was an African American child growing up in segregation without his parents. During segregation, the central