A Good Man Is Hard To Find Theme Analysis
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
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In the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” I particularly liked the opening quote, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” This quote, when I first read it, didn’t have as much impact until after I had finished the story. I felt it made me go back and re-read both the quote and the story. In doing so, I got more from it. What I concluded from the story is that the more obvious things don’t become apparent until you are confronted with a life-changing scenario. The author illustrates this with the character of the grandmother. The grandmother goes through life thinking she has everything figured out, but comes to realize that life isn’t as straight forward as she had been brought up to believe. In the story, the grandmother hears about an escaped convict called “The …show more content…
Toward the end of the story, a series of unfortunate events leads them into the presents of “The Misfit.” They have a car accident and the Misfit and his cohorts are the first on the scene of the accident. Not being in the typical state of urgency when one is confronted with such an event, the three men had an eerie calmness to their demeanor. Ultimately the Misfit and his cohorts end up murdering the grandmother and her family. All the while, the grandmother is pleading with the Misfit to spare her and her family’s lives. Even after all other members of her family have been slain, she still proceeds to beg and plea with the Misfit for her life. She keeps saying, ”I know you are of good people, a good man, not of common blood.” Ultimately she also ends up getting shot. The end quote from the Misfit was what made me want to start back at the beginning. He says, “She would have been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her
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In the story “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” I particularly liked the opening quote, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the Father of Souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” This quote, when I first read it, didn’t have as much impact until after I had finished the story. I felt it made me go back and re-read both the quote and the story. In doing so, I got more from it. What I concluded from the story is that the more obvious things don’t become apparent until you are confronted with a life-changing scenario. The author illustrates this with the character of the grandmother. The grandmother goes through life thinking she has everything figured out, but comes to realize that life isn’t as straight forward as she had been brought up to believe. In the story, the grandmother hears about an escaped convict called “The …show more content…
Toward the end of the story, a series of unfortunate events leads them into the presents of “The Misfit.” They have a car accident and the Misfit and his cohorts are the first on the scene of the accident. Not being in the typical state of urgency when one is confronted with such an event, the three men had an eerie calmness to their demeanor. Ultimately the Misfit and his cohorts end up murdering the grandmother and her family. All the while, the grandmother is pleading with the Misfit to spare her and her family’s lives. Even after all other members of her family have been slain, she still proceeds to beg and plea with the Misfit for her life. She keeps saying, ”I know you are of good people, a good man, not of common blood.” Ultimately she also ends up getting shot. The end quote from the Misfit was what made me want to start back at the beginning. He says, “She would have been a good woman, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her