'A Good Man Is Hard To Find'

The grandmother also secretly brought the family cat, “She had her big black valise and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it” (O’ Connor 1106), even though “Her son, Bailey, didn’t like to arrive at a motel with a cat” (O’ Connor 1107). When The Misfit arrives, “The grandmother had the peculiar feeling that the bespectacled man was someone she knew” (O’ Connor 1112), but when she later realizes who the man is, she claims, “‘I recognized you at once!’” (O’ Connor 1113). She tells The Misfit, “‘we turned over twice!’” (O’ Connor 1112), even though they both knew that it was only once. Lastly, the grandmother lies again to herself and to The Misfit when she says, “‘you shouldn’t call yourself The Misfit because I know you’re a good man at heart’” (O’ Connor 1113). The only reason she says this is in an attempt to save her life.

"A Good Man Is Hard To Find" and "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been"

In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," Flannery O'Connor represents her style of writing very accurately. She includes her "themes and methods - comedy, violence, theological concern - and thus makes them quickly and unmistakably available" (Asals 177). In the beginning of the story O'Connor represents the theme of comedy by describing the typical grandmother. Then O'Connor moves on to include the violent aspect by bringing the Misfit into the story. At the end of the story the theme changes to theological concern as the attention is directed towards the grandmother's witnessing. As the themes change throughout the story, the reader's perception of the grandmother also changes.

Working Thesis: In “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, O’Connor uses the corrupt, manipulative character of the grandmother, as well as the story’s plot and theme in order to emphasize the flaws of the church and the need for grace.

A seemingly innocent family vacation can turn into a disaster if the members of the family only care about themselves. In the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Flannery O’Connor, a self-absorbed Grandmother, too consumed with her own opinions, fails to address the views, feelings and overall well being of others. Her family is not much different in their self-interested ways. This leads them straight to the Misfit whose childhood trauma has caused him to grow up into a damaged individual. The Misfit does not believe in the Grandmother’s religious beliefs and she ultimately cannot reach out and help him. The characters get themselves into a predicament for living in the Id

In William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” and Flannery O’Connor’s “A good man is hard to find,” both authors present main characters who are contrasting to the people in their society. In Faulkner’s work, Emily Grierson is an outsider because she hides herself from the people in town for more than thirty years. They have no clue that she has kept homers body in her home for so long until the day she dies. Also, in O’Connor’s work, the grandmother describes herself as a Pure, good woman but her actions contradict her by proving she’s manipulative and evil. In this way, both characters are outsiders by choosing not to show their true identities to their respective societies.

When someone compares any two stories, we must contrast them as well. The main character in both "A Rose for Emily," by William Faulkner, and "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor have many things in common, but just as they have many things in common they are also very different. Emily, from "A Rose for Emily" and the Grandmother, from "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" are very used to getting their way, and when they don't things turn for the worst and they try everything to ensure that they get what they want. The Grandmother wants to convince her son Bailey, to go to her home state of Tennessee rather than to Florida for a vacation, her excuse being her grandchildren have already been to Florida but never to Tennessee.

A good man or woman signifies that both genders try to do the right thing whenever possible. It does not mean perfection, but the goal is to get as close as possible to treating others with dignity, trust, and respect. With that said, the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” does show elements of the characters defining what ‘good’ could potentially mean. The characters in the story talk about a woman who lives with his son and his family.

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In Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the grandmother and the Misfit become the main focus even though the other characters are involved in the story. Throughout the entire story, The Misfit is portrayed as the symbol of evil because he was in jail; he escaped from jail, and he committed murders. The grandmother believes to be greater than the people that she are around because of the “good” that she portrays. The conventional meaning of good, or possessing or displaying moral virtue, is not the particular good that the grandmother is trying to portray throughout the story. The grandmother believes that good

Flannery O 'Connor is a Christian writer, and her work shows Christian themes of good and evil, grace, and salvation. O’Connor has challenged the theme of religion into all of her works largely because of her Roman Catholic upbringing. O’Connor wrote in such a way that the characters and settings of her stories are unforgettable, revealing deep insights into the human existence. In O’Connor’s Introduction to a “Memoir of Mary Ann,” she claims that Christians live to prepare for their death. This statement is reflected in her other works, including her short story “A Good Man is Hard To Find.” After reading “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” many questions remain unanswered

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" shows a hidden religious meaning through the story. It might be considered allegorical because when the grandmother and The Misfit have their encounter, they talk about Jesus and religion. She asks him if he prays, hoping he might reconsider taking her life. Violence in the story symbolizes change. For example, it seemed like the grandmother was not super religious, but when she was in a violent situation when her life was in someone else's hands, she becomes spiritual and seeks a moment of grace.

In Flannery O'Connor's eccentric short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” the reader is introduced to her fundamental theme of Identity through a typical southern family. O’Connor’s exceptional use of fictional elements such as characterization, point of view, and setting further develop this theme in her work. She does so by familiarizing the use of violence, humor, and salvation along with point of view and setting to create a deeper connection between her work and the reader.

‘A Good Man is Hard to Find’ is a short story written by Mary Flanner O’Conner that explores many themes in modern society. The characters in this story include Bailey, his grandmother, and children who are seen planning for a trip initially to Florida which the grandmother is opposed to. The story arc takes unexpected turn at the end of the story which prompts the reader to question, who is a good man or who is a good woman? The story as mentioned starts off when the family states that they should visit Florida (Kirszner, 2012). The first instance that we get the mention of a good man in the story is when a man by the name of Sammy due his assumption let two good men charge for themselves the fuel that they had used but instead of giving him

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