A Good Man Is Hard To Find Moral Essay

Morality in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” there is an interesting look at morality. I found this to be quite relevant as we have looked at morality as a concept since the beginning of the semester. This story presents an interesting concept because we typically think of morals or moral codes as something that causes a person to behave in a good way. However, here we see two completely opposing moral codes – one of which we cannot really see as good. We see that what one person thinks of as good may be quite opposite from what another person sees as good. In this story, we may look at the grandmother’s morality. She has built her morals based on Christian principles. However, if we look more closely at her moral code, it is not very strong. In fact, it is based more on appearing to be good and appearing to be ladylike than it is in actual moral behavior. In other words, she wants to look good. She emphasizes the appearance of good qualities over the actual substance of …show more content…
We are conditioned to believe that criminals have bad morals and bad behavior. It is not really arguable that being a murderer is wrong. However, we can see that the Misfit has a strong and true belief in his moral code, though. We can see that he has no belief in religion. The very idea of religion, in fact, seems to confuse him. He views it as illogical. This stands in contrast to what the grandmother beliefs. However, the grandmother’s hypocrisy in her faith simultaneously stands to back up the beliefs of the Misfit. Furthermore, the Misfit seems to belief that the punishment for a crime is always more than what is actually deserved for the crime. This makes sense as he has escaped from prison, since he does not feel that he really belongs there. Despite the violence of his moral code, he sticks by what he believes