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What Is The Main Idea Of A Good Man Is Hard To Find

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In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” Flannery O’Connor gives us an idea of the nature of sin. The grandmother in the story, appears to be a good person and also a person who is spotless. Meanwhile the Misfit on the other hand, is seen to be a devil, a murder. However, O’Connor tells us that neither one of them can escape the punishment that is given to sinners. She tells us that death is the right punishment for a liar and a murder. She said that the grandmother tried to explain to the Misfit that salvation is when you enter into the gates of Heaven. Meanwhile the song “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Steven Sufjan was clearly sang from the Misfit point of view. He says that the grandmother was once like the Misfit. He goes on to say that after

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