Flannery O'Connor in the fiction, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, portrays how negativity affects those around them and that of their own. O’Connor supports her statements by using characterization, setting and plot to reveal behavior aspects. The author’s purpose is to reveal the overall conclusion of ignorance, misunderstanding and hatred towards another in order to lead an interesting end to their life. The author writes in a violent tone for the audience as she compares and contrasts the misfit and grandmother.
Throughout the fiction story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” O’Connor uses characterization to recognize the characters of the Misfit and the Grandmother. While some characters in the story are easily approached and understood, others …show more content…
In O'Connor's fiction story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", setting is used as a way to predict the tragic outcome of the story. The story’s end is unexpected when first read, but later in the story it bring several clues and foreshadowing hinting what is to happen later in the story. The outcome of the story starts when the family drove through the scenic drive through Georgia, Red, Sammy’s, and the deserted road. The presence of the action causing tragic deaths took place when the family was driving through Georgia. While driving, the family "passed a large cotton field with five or six graves fenced in the middle of it, like a small island" (O’Connor). What makes this sentence so significant is that there are six persons traveling in the car and the six graves insinuate the six families traveling to their graves. As if this wasn’t enough of a hint, later on during their travel, the grandmother recalls an old plantation she had visited before in their neighborhood in “Toombsboro” (O’Connor). The atmosphere at Red Sammy’s gave the reader an omnious feeling of how the family will later end up. The first description of given was the Red Sammy’s tower. Towers are seen as large tall stands or building signifying the importance of a particular place being "a long dark room"
Throughout the fiction story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” O’Connor uses characterization to recognize the characters of the Misfit and the Grandmother. While some characters in the story are easily approached and understood, others …show more content…
In O'Connor's fiction story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", setting is used as a way to predict the tragic outcome of the story. The story’s end is unexpected when first read, but later in the story it bring several clues and foreshadowing hinting what is to happen later in the story. The outcome of the story starts when the family drove through the scenic drive through Georgia, Red, Sammy’s, and the deserted road. The presence of the action causing tragic deaths took place when the family was driving through Georgia. While driving, the family "passed a large cotton field with five or six graves fenced in the middle of it, like a small island" (O’Connor). What makes this sentence so significant is that there are six persons traveling in the car and the six graves insinuate the six families traveling to their graves. As if this wasn’t enough of a hint, later on during their travel, the grandmother recalls an old plantation she had visited before in their neighborhood in “Toombsboro” (O’Connor). The atmosphere at Red Sammy’s gave the reader an omnious feeling of how the family will later end up. The first description of given was the Red Sammy’s tower. Towers are seen as large tall stands or building signifying the importance of a particular place being "a long dark room"