A Good Man Is Hard To Find Analysis

Throughout the course of literature class, we have to read articles, stories, and poems, then analyze them. Then answer and respond to a few questions on the readings. One story that caught my attention and intrigues me the most is “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Flannery O’Connor. The story is about a family that consists of a grandmother(the mom of the family), Bailey(the son of the grandmother), June Star(daughter of Bailey), John Wesley(son of Bailey), the mother and the baby, that go on a trip to Florida where they experience challenges and dark tragedies but throughout the tip it can be shown the personality that some of the characters have. Two characters that are significant is the Misfit (A criminal) and the grandmother. Throughout …show more content…
This is because, the kids and Bailey know that they shouldn’t listen to her and ignore her ideas/opinions. A quote that shows that the family know the grandmother is selfish when she says that they have seen Florida and that they should visit another place like Tennessee. Then John Wesley responds “If you don’t want to go to Florida” why wouldn’t she stay at home(2). This shows that John Wesley is giving a piece of her medicine or in other words, he is being selfish toward her. One quote that shows that the family ignores and dislikes the grandmother is when June Star says “But nobody’s killed”(12), with disappointment looking at the grandmother limping out of the car. Also right after the accident, the grandmother is “hoping she [is] injured so that Bailey’s wrath would not come down”(11), this surprises me since it makes no sense that the grandmother judges Bailey throughout the story but when Bailey would scream at her she would rather be injured. This just shows that the grandmother doesn’t want to be judged. The reaction that June Star has shows the family’s hate for the grandmother and the fact that the grandmother gets mad when she makes mistakes or doesn’t like to be judged even though she criticizes Bailey. That’s the reason why the family ignores,hates, and wants the grandmother died. However, it’s the family that causes …show more content…
For example, he’s like the son that the grandmother wants and never can have because he actually talks back to her when she asks something and he speaks politely to her, while Bailey would ignore her or just stare at her without saying a signal word back. Also the grandmother tells the misfit “Why you’re one of my babies. You’re one of my own children!”(21-22), this shows that the grandmother acts like if the Misfit is her child and that she cares about her. An example that shows that he cares about her is right after when they meet the misfit, Bailey whispers to her grandmother something, then she starts to cry. The misfit then turns red and tells the grandmother that “Man says things he don’t mean. I don’t reckon he meant to talk to you thataway”(14), which show that he seems to care about the grandmother because of his reaction and he doesn't want to see the grandmother crying. Lastly, the misfit cares about the grandmother because right after the grandmother repeatedly says that he’s a good man, Bailey then tells her to hush and the Misfit responds by saying “I pre-chate that, lady”(15), which show that he actually cares about people like the grandma and in reality doesn’t want to kill her but she touches the misfit where he felt insecure and shot her. This is one of the main reasons that the grandmother says positive things to the misfit is because her life