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    Lance’s Response In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’ Connor tells a bunch of events that happened in order. For an example‚ the story basically focuses on a series of events that is about a family’s road trip towards the south. The mother’s attitude is a bit rude and selfish. She does not want to go to Florida‚ so she tries to get her son to cancel the trip. She claims that Florida is a crime zone by saying “I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal loose in it

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    Hindsight Bias In Flannery O’ Connors’s A Good Man is Hard to Find we are shocked by the unexpected violent end of the story. However when the story is read a second time we see that O’Conner used foreshadowing‚ and symbolism to give us many signs as to what was coming. Foreshadowing is strong throughout the beginning of the story. The first time it arises is in the first paragraph when the grandmother is reading about the crazed killer by the name of the Misfit who is on the run and headed

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    Flannery O’Connor´s book A Good Man Is Hard To Find‚ is composed of several short stories‚ one of which takes the tittle of the book. In this story the author‚ with the characters‚ the Grandmother‚ the protagonist‚ and the Misfit‚ the antagonist‚ exposes some ideas‚ by their behavior‚ also some symbols and some biblical ideas. In the story the author deal with the idea of “good” in different ways trying to show that only‚ because of being a “good man” doesn’t mean to be “moral” person

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    Fatoumatta Jaiteh ENGL 1312: Section 2 Dr. West-Fort September 25‚ 2013 A response to A Good man is Hard to Find By:- O’ Connor This story is creepy. The Grandmother is judgemental‚ bossy‚ opinionative woman. She is too lousy even though sometimes what she says makes sense. Her grand children John Wesley and June star do not like her. They were rude to her and the parents did not seem to get involved to tell the kids to respect her because she is an elderly which i found wrong. The Grandmother

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    The foreshadowing effect in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" To foreshadow is to give a hint or a suggestion of a forthcoming event. Flannery O’Connor uses the foreshadowing effect adequately in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." There were many hints and suggestions that something unpleasant was going to happen in this story. The moment the grandmother first speaks of the misfit‚ we can assume he will show up later in the story because he is headed in the same direction as the family. Close to the ending

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    “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor opens with a scene of a grandmother in the kitchen with her son‚ Bailey‚ and his family‚ which consists of a wife who wears slacks and a kerchief around her hair while she feeds a young baby as well as two children; a young boy and girl named John Wesley (which oddly enough is the name of the founder of the Methodist religion) and June Star. The family is preparing to go to Florida on vacation but the grandmother is insistent that they go to Tennessee

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    A Good Man is Hard to Find- my initial reaction to this story was intrigue. I was hooked from the first paragraph because I could foresee some sort of disaster or problem arising. I thought the story did not fail to entertain me. I really enjoyed reading the story and am interested in reading more stories from this author. Good Country People- I found Good Country People a little harder to follow and I kept losing interest in this story. I liked the previous story A Good Man is Hard to Find because

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    A Good Man Is Hard to Find - Flannery O’Connor A woman who views herself as God and a man who views himself as Jesus Christ. This man didn’t go as far as to say he’s bigger than Jesus as a legendary Beatle once did; he however stated the following "Jesus thown everything off balance. It was the same case with Him as with me…" As the above briefly demonstrates‚ O’Connor’s "A good man is hard to find" not only deals with the controversy of society and the way it mold it’s citizens‚ but focuses mainly

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    Flannery O’Connor’s style in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" helps create the story of a dysfunctional family’s summer vacation gone wrong. O’Connor’s use of dark humor‚ foreshadowing‚ and imagery helps communicate the story’s main theme: people in today’s society treat others with little or no respect‚ unlike past times. The story takes place in Georgia‚ where a family of six is about to leave on a vacation to Florida. The grandmother wants to go to Tennessee and tries to convince her son Bailey

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