The pride that can be held by a person is ten to one, meaning it can be a lot or a little. When someone had too much pride is a sin. Young Goodman Brown, Richard Digby and Mr. Hopper sinned …show more content…
Ha! Ha!” roared goodman brown, when the wind laughs at him. Let us hear which is will laugh loudest. Think not to frighten me with your deviltry! Come witch, come wizard, come indian powwow, come devil himself! And here comes goodman brown. You may as well fear him as he fears you.” The quote shows that he has pride who can laugh the loudest who can beat me at laughing, not a witch not an indian powwow, nor can the devil himself, he got this burst of pride here that shows that maybe he is not as sinless than the rest of the townspeople. “The Man Of Adamant,” is a story about a man, named richard digby. He is a minister who recites the bible wrong and he goes off to find the passage to heaven and he thinks that he has found thy passage and he starts to become devilish. This cave is not actually the passageway, so in the story some woman comes to save him, to get him to go to heaven and, he throws it back into her face. Richard says that the ave is the only passage to heaven, everyone out there is too sinful and their only way to be redeemed, the quote shows most this, “Perverse woman!” answered richard digby, laughing aloud,--for he was moved to bitter mirth by her foolish vehemence,--”I'll tell thee that the