1. Select two questions from the Discussion Questions for "A Good Man is Hard to Find" in the O'Connor folder. Answer each question in 5-8 specific sentences. Use quotes from the story as well.
What does the grandmother do that causes the accident? What mistake about place does she make? How does her mistake fit with her personality?
In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the grandmother ultimately causes the car accident by sneaking her cat on the family trip to Tennessee. It is definitely apparent that this action caused the crash because once “Pitty Sing, the cat, sprang onto Bailey’s shoulder,” he veered off the road (O’Connor 6).
Just before the accident, the grandmother recalled that the “house she remembered so vividly was not in Georgia but in Tennessee (O’Connor 6).” This particular mistake fits with the grandmother’s personality to a large degree because it displays her overall carelessness. The grandmother appears to be a careless person who doesn’t think things through all the way. In addition, it …show more content…
Apparently, he gave two men gas on credit but they never returned to pay him. Red Sammy openly admits that he was greatly taken advantage of by the two men and discusses with the grandmother how human beings generally cannot be trusted (O’Connor 4). He makes this notion clear in his comment, “a good man is hard to find...everything is getting terrible (O’Connor 5).” This particular conversation in O’Connor’s story brings to light the overall theme of the story, which is that a good man, or person, is really hard to find in the current world. O’Connor makes it clear, through this conversation and the entire story that human beings are evil in
What does the grandmother do that causes the accident? What mistake about place does she make? How does her mistake fit with her personality?
In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the grandmother ultimately causes the car accident by sneaking her cat on the family trip to Tennessee. It is definitely apparent that this action caused the crash because once “Pitty Sing, the cat, sprang onto Bailey’s shoulder,” he veered off the road (O’Connor 6).
Just before the accident, the grandmother recalled that the “house she remembered so vividly was not in Georgia but in Tennessee (O’Connor 6).” This particular mistake fits with the grandmother’s personality to a large degree because it displays her overall carelessness. The grandmother appears to be a careless person who doesn’t think things through all the way. In addition, it …show more content…
Apparently, he gave two men gas on credit but they never returned to pay him. Red Sammy openly admits that he was greatly taken advantage of by the two men and discusses with the grandmother how human beings generally cannot be trusted (O’Connor 4). He makes this notion clear in his comment, “a good man is hard to find...everything is getting terrible (O’Connor 5).” This particular conversation in O’Connor’s story brings to light the overall theme of the story, which is that a good man, or person, is really hard to find in the current world. O’Connor makes it clear, through this conversation and the entire story that human beings are evil in