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Flannery O?Connor?s ?A Good Man Is Hard To Find,? is an account of how a homicidal maniac slaughters a family of ordinary, innocent people whom he happens to encounter on the road. O? Connor interprets the dialogue between the grandmother and the Misfit as a comment on general human and Christian values; represented in the themes of the dysfunctional family, society as a dysfunction and the role of Christianity interwoven in the dialogue. O?Connor?s obvious displeasure with contemporary society is woven in the story, and presented through an interesting generation gap. The story begins with the typical nuclear family, challenged by the grandmother who does not want to take the family vacation to Florida, but rather East Tennessee. She reads about a crazed killer by the name of The Misfit, who is on the run, heading towards Florida as well. Unfortunately she is ignored by every member of the family except for the little girl, June Star, who can read the grandmother like an open book. The fact that she admonishes Bailey, her son, of this Misfit and ?what he did to those people,? foreshadows what will happen to them (Brooks 307). O?Connor doesn?t mention this in the beginning of the story as a mute point, it?s
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Approximate Word count = 1447
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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