John, a Goodman who lost his Faith

At the moment I read in the story about Salem, one thing came to my mind "witches". The story begins with John Goodman Brown saying goodbye to his wife, named Faith. there both were sad because John tell to Faith that he have to leave the village, not for long, because he had to take care about something. Because they were only three month married a though that he was going to see another woman in the woods or something like that and he was filing sad betraying his good Faith. But that was no the case , John went to the forest to meet with this old guy in other to be initiated in some cult. This is when the strange part begins, the old man in his appearance could be like the father of John but this person not only guide the father of John throw the forest, he also guided John’s Grandfather. The staff that the old man have resembling a snake was also rare too, because this people were Puritans and having something like that was something from the Devil. And actually the Devil he was, when Goody Cloyse approached and said that the old man was the devil, then he say something about they were good friends. John then learn that the woman who taught him catechism was part of the cult of the Devil and she then mysteriously disappear in thin air. Learning that Goody Cloyse was indeed "Baddy" Cloyse , John began to feel uneasy , and felt, I think, betrayed or that he's believed have abandoned him and then he decided to not go any further. The old man disappear, then John heard horses and steps, he hide himself and saw the Deacon and the Reverend. He learn that they were too par of the cult and that a young was going be initiated. Later in the story he saw Faith in the cult and she was the young girl that was going be initiated along with John. He Felt that all was lost , an strange force make John go to the altar were Faith was , John try to convince Faith to go back but she did not listen and both were given the sign of the devil. The next day John awake in the woods and wonder if what he experienced was a dream or not. After reentering the village he felt that all that was real and live his live with Faith with deep sorrow because of lie he was living and die of old aged with grandchildren with any hope.
For me this story represented the lost of a men's faith. This could resemble the dark time in North America when there was the witch hunt. There were rumors that the one who control this cults were the heads of the village like the reverend, they make this cult to make pagans activities and the hunt of the witches was an excuse to kill innocent women who new the truth about it and they threaten the head of the village of exposing them. John represent the men who was betrayed by those who taught him the things that he most value, his faith, and he live the rest of his live without faith and without hope