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A Good Man Is Hard to Find

The story of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor has been debated and analyzed so much because it can be interpreted one thousand different ways. O'Connor's characters are usually searching for an elusive salvation, and her stories illustrate her views on the human condition. Many spiritual themes weave their way through her work, but never seem to achieve their intended ends. In this story, groups of criminals massacre an entire family while their ringleader discusses theology with the family's grandmother, only a hundred feet away. The source of the misinterpretation of the story's crux emerges from two key characters that O'Connor weaved together: the Grandmother, and the Misfit. These two are so complex because they stand for many different things. The most reasonable interpretation of these two characters is that they represent O'Connor's view on the evil in society.

The story begins with the typical family challenged by their grandmother who does not want to take the vacation to Florida. She has read about a crazed killer by the name of the Misfit who is on the run heading for Florida. Unfortunately, she is igno

As the trip progresses, the children reveal themselves as brats, mainly out of O'Connor's desire to illustrate the lost admiration for the family's respect for their grandmother. The family lost their respect for their grandmother only because she proposed a different life style. She was part of a Southern aristocratic culture where people behaved much more conservatively. Her beliefs, attitudes, and morals were from another time where people respected what older people had to say, and what they stood for. Naturally, she was never reluctant to share her opinion on matters, and was a little forceful about sharing her thoughts. She made sure to watch over her son, and kept a grip on what he did- even as a grown man. She refused to retire and become a composed old woman. She wanted to stay involved in the family's matters, and show that she was still an significant person with the knowledge that came with her age. Consequently, with all her bickering the family began to hold a grudge against her. The Grandmother lacked comprehension, and did not know that she became annoying, but she was not spitefully bothersome.

At this point in the story, the reader should analyze what he knows of the grandmother's character so far. She will prove to be no match for the Misfit's quick wits. She wanted to participate in planning where the family was going and because of her insisting on what they should do, the family is in Toombsboro, stranded with their killer. Therefore, she tries to talk them out of their predicament. The grandmother tries to appeal to the Misfit by stating that he is not a bit ordinary. She tries to even imply that he has the old southern class, and that people misunderstand him. Every plead the grandmother makes, results in the Misfit talking about different periods of his criminal career. He made sure to avoid her pleas by bringing up topics that kept away from the situation.

Nothing she has said up until this point has affected him. The Misfit's terse responses to the grandmother's recommendation of believing in Jesus reveals that these two i

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Approximate Word count = 1418
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

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