In the two short stories, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor and “The Man Who Knew Belle Starr” by Richard Bausch, characters are given personalities and made to do actions that not everyone understands. In these two short stories, the characters are made to stand for more than just a support on a page. The functions of the characters are not just to build the plot, or build off each other, but also to stand for things like karma, revenge, and desire.
In the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the family is not just made to assist the plot, but they are also there to stand for irony. The family mistreated each other, in various ways, but specifically in not respecting each other, like when June Star says, “‘She wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day,’” (O’Connor 117). This example represents how June Star stands for irony because it shows that even with the expectation of their era, being raised to respect their elders, June Star is sarcastic and rude when speaking about her grandmother. O’Connor does not even try to hide June Star’s sarcasm in his …show more content…
Throughout the whole story, they were unkind to each other and even in some of their last moments together, they were not only rude to each other but also insulting to the criminal’s appearance (O’Connor 131). The family also stands for karma because they seemed to have brought their death upon themselves by never being kind to each other, or others, for example when O’Connor writes, “‘But nobody’s killed,’ June Star said with disappointment as the grandmother limped out of the car…” (O’Connor 125). This is an example of karma because karma is known to be good or bad based off a person’s previous actions, so due to June Star’s horrible words, that wished-for someone’s death, she was repaid by being killed. Elaborate
In the short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the family is not just made to assist the plot, but they are also there to stand for irony. The family mistreated each other, in various ways, but specifically in not respecting each other, like when June Star says, “‘She wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day,’” (O’Connor 117). This example represents how June Star stands for irony because it shows that even with the expectation of their era, being raised to respect their elders, June Star is sarcastic and rude when speaking about her grandmother. O’Connor does not even try to hide June Star’s sarcasm in his …show more content…
Throughout the whole story, they were unkind to each other and even in some of their last moments together, they were not only rude to each other but also insulting to the criminal’s appearance (O’Connor 131). The family also stands for karma because they seemed to have brought their death upon themselves by never being kind to each other, or others, for example when O’Connor writes, “‘But nobody’s killed,’ June Star said with disappointment as the grandmother limped out of the car…” (O’Connor 125). This is an example of karma because karma is known to be good or bad based off a person’s previous actions, so due to June Star’s horrible words, that wished-for someone’s death, she was repaid by being killed. Elaborate