A Good Man Is Hard Find Character Analysis

The way that the grandmother only turns to religion in a time of need is a common theme among religious peoples. This is often discouraged by religious figures, because they believe that God should be in every part of your life and that He is not just a tool to get you out of situations you would rather not be in. This perspective is no different for Flannery O’Connor, in the end of the story, after the death of the grandmother, The Misfit said ”She would have been a good woman, . . . if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life” (133). In her interaction with The Misfit, the grandmother openly has faith in God, Jesus, and their forgiveness, but she only does this when her life is on the line. When The Misfit speaks of her being “a good woman,” he is referring to her being a good Christian, and he then he says that the only way that could have happened would have been if her life was constantly under threat as it was when she showed “good” Christian values to him.