In “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” by Flannery O’ Conner, the author uses imagery throughout the story to convey the meaning of the theme in a visual manner. As the story begins, the characters are introduced and the most crucial details of the story are introduced as well, the escaped criminal and some insight into the grandmother’s persona. These details of the story help build the plot and also include the literary elements that are present in the story, such as imagery. As stated in the article “Imagination in Story Response: Relationships between Imagery, Affect, and Structural Importance.” “The degree of mental imagery evoked, the degree of emotion evoked, or the degree of importance to the story as a whole.” (Sadoski) Imagery in stories
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The author continues to give brief descriptions of settings, characters and other key points of the story in order to tie together the meaning behind every piece of information. In the article “The Melancholy Tyrant: Democracy and Tyranny In Flannery O'Connor's “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” the author Mark T. Mitchell goes on to explain how the theme of the story ties into the difference between good and evil and the spiritual aspect the story touches on. As well as how the author’s religious standpoint ties into the description of not only the plot, but the characteristics of the main characters. Mitchell Flannery O’ Conner expresses all of these points in her story by using Camacho imagery to relate the situations to the theme. She did this by creating two chargers, one who represents evil and the other which is morally right until a conflict arises. The situations, details and descriptions of each scene, the author attempts to catch the reader’s senses. The most vital use of imagery in this short story is the description of the characters and the …show more content…
As the story progressed and different settings and characters were introduced, the tone of the story and descriptions changed as well. For example, the tone in the story when the misfit and his goons were being described was completely different to the tone of the family’s description. Considering that they are described as armed and evil because of their mannerisms and actions towards the family, not only with the family but as individuals. The next changing factor is the setting, the line “hind them the line of woods gaped like a dark open mouth” (O’ Conner, 309) goes to show the difference between the first description of the scenery to the one they ended up at at the end of the story. In the article “Imagery” the reaction the brain has towards vivid images being discussed is explained. The effect it has on remembering and connecting to tasks, images, scripts, etc. Richardson: This is the same thing that happens when imagery is present in stories such as in “A Good Man is Hard To Find” the comparison and changes between the details Camacho described throughout the lines help the readers comprehend the message Flannery O’Conner is trying to
The author continues to give brief descriptions of settings, characters and other key points of the story in order to tie together the meaning behind every piece of information. In the article “The Melancholy Tyrant: Democracy and Tyranny In Flannery O'Connor's “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” the author Mark T. Mitchell goes on to explain how the theme of the story ties into the difference between good and evil and the spiritual aspect the story touches on. As well as how the author’s religious standpoint ties into the description of not only the plot, but the characteristics of the main characters. Mitchell Flannery O’ Conner expresses all of these points in her story by using Camacho imagery to relate the situations to the theme. She did this by creating two chargers, one who represents evil and the other which is morally right until a conflict arises. The situations, details and descriptions of each scene, the author attempts to catch the reader’s senses. The most vital use of imagery in this short story is the description of the characters and the …show more content…
As the story progressed and different settings and characters were introduced, the tone of the story and descriptions changed as well. For example, the tone in the story when the misfit and his goons were being described was completely different to the tone of the family’s description. Considering that they are described as armed and evil because of their mannerisms and actions towards the family, not only with the family but as individuals. The next changing factor is the setting, the line “hind them the line of woods gaped like a dark open mouth” (O’ Conner, 309) goes to show the difference between the first description of the scenery to the one they ended up at at the end of the story. In the article “Imagery” the reaction the brain has towards vivid images being discussed is explained. The effect it has on remembering and connecting to tasks, images, scripts, etc. Richardson: This is the same thing that happens when imagery is present in stories such as in “A Good Man is Hard To Find” the comparison and changes between the details Camacho described throughout the lines help the readers comprehend the message Flannery O’Conner is trying to