A Good Man Is Hard to Find O'Conner

Flannery O'Conner's Analysis: A Good Man is Hard To Find & A Displaced Person

"Through her assortment of unpalatable characters and violent actions,
O'Connor tries to show grace at work in the world. According to her beliefs Christ, the Incarnate Son of God, has shown that God so loved the world that He became man Himself. Yet this God is not accepted by men, so they have to be shocked into a recognition of their need for Him and the salvation He offers." (MAYER, 1976) In this analysis I will explain how O'conner uses the two stories "A Good Man is Hard To Find" & "A Displaced Person" to open the eyes of her readers about God and his salvation as Mayer said above. The body of works of Ms. Flannery O'Conner is absolutely amazing. I'll be quite honest, I was never once interested in English literature, let alone southern gothic literature, but her stuff blew me away; her analogy and philosophy, all was very intriguing. O'Conner is one writer to me that seems to always have a message in her stories, there are writers for example like Hemmingway who writes with no ending and no beginning but Flannery, in her style of literature starts off with a point and ends with a bang! She isn't afraid to tackle the issue of death nor is she afraid to discuss God and virtues. I really appreciate her because she fears nothing in her writing. O'Conner was a southern gothic American writer born into an Orthodox Christian family in the state of Georgia. At the age of 12 she moved to her mother's birth place, Milledgeville where most of her experiences came from and where many of her stories revolve around. Later, in 1945 she graduated from the University of Iowa with a Master of Fine Arts & Literature and at 21 she published her first short story, the Geranium. Due to her Catholic religion, all of O'Conner's writings were influenced by her spirituality. Her major theme was based on the redemption of the human society before God. O'Conner enjoyed the way the protestants

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