Amy Clayborn English 111/Online Summer 2011 Heather Buford June 21‚ 2011 The short story A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Conner has brought about some interesting views and discussions within my target audience. Many of us found it difficult to read‚ because of the tragic ending and the way that it was written was a little out of our norm. Even though the southern slang and accents that the writer used in the story added character‚ it may have taken a second glance to determine what
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constant‚ the protagonist against the antagonist‚ good versus evil. It is a theme that reoccurs throughout time because it provides the audience with an interesting conflict and reveals more about the true nature of humans. In Flannery O’Connor’s short story‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” she exposes her audience to the veracity of human nature; through various rhetorical devices and the demeanor of her characters‚ O’Connor reveals a new perspective on good versus evil. In literature‚ there is a protagonist
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A Good Man is Hard to Find‚ written by Flannery O’Connor‚ displays violent and religious attributes. Flannery O’Connor uses Catholic realism in this short story‚ reflecting her own personal beliefs into a work of fiction. The grandmother in A Good Man is Hard to Find is a very religious woman finding the best in everyone‚ even the worst of people it seems. Although O’Connor uses the grandmother as a graceful and religious figure‚ she ties in violence to the story as well to bring in a distinct theme
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“It’s no real pleasure in‚ life‚” concludes “A Good Man is hard to find.” Discuss two O’Connor characters‚ from different stories‚ explaining how they show her criticism of modern spiritual despair. Note primarily their similarities. The two stories I chose was A Good Man is hard to find and Revelation. I compared the Grandmother and Mrs. Turpin. Both of these women were Christians but they both had major issues. The Grandmother and Mrs. Turpin both represented Christians in today’s society
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The South in the 1960s was a very difficult time period. It was the Southern Gothic. Flannery called this “the action of grace in the territory held largely by the devil” (357). “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is the perfect example of this hypocritical period. White people saw themselves superior to everyone else‚ but were still kind of other races. The South’s status was very troubled in which the races‚ social class‚ and the religion were discriminated very often. The grandmother in the short story
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In the short stories "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and "Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You Been" the antagonists are The Misfit and Arnold Friend respectively. Both are mentally unstable and murderers‚ but that is where the similarities end. The protagonists of the stories are Grandma and Connie respectively. Both seem to be dissimilar at first but as the stories progress more similarities than differences become apparent to the reader. In "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is The Misfit is uneducated
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Nick Pacheco Aaron Hurtado English 67 11-21-08 A Good Man is Hard to Find In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A good man is hard to find”‚ it portrays a simple southern American family taking a vacation to Florida while traveling from Georgia. I noticed that the grandmother foreshadows the upcoming event through hypothetical questions and arguments with her son Bailey. She responds arguably in favor for visiting Tennessee instead of Florida and the Grandmother said
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In the story‚ “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ there’s a debate that the Grandmother showed grace to the Misfit in an attempt to save her own life. But‚ on the other side of this issue some critics state that the Grandmother’s grace is because of the Lord touching her due to Bible references being used through the short story The side of the argument that makes the most sense personally would be the Grandmother being touched by the Lord in order to show grace to the criminal. This novel is diverse
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The stories “A good man is hard to find” by Flannery O’ Connor and “Hills like white elephants” by Ernest Hemingway appear to be different to the reader but when looking beneath the surface the reader can see mutual elements and symbols. The parallel theme are gender roles in society and confronting the inevitable future. For example‚ The American man in Hemmingway’s story the man insists to his girlfriend nicknamed “Jig” that things can go back to the way they were. In this same occurrence in O’
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and judge others‚ which results in hypocrisy. These hypocrites believe themselves to be good people because they have religion in their life. Religion can be misidentified as what it takes to be a good person. In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”‚ the grandmother claims to be religious but‚ is‚ in fact‚ a hypocrite who lacks self-awareness. The grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” exemplifies what it means to be a fake. She is a liar‚ racist‚ and judger. All of these
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