Egocentricity In A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Barn

Egocentricity in America: The Destruction Between Classes to Reach Prosperity Egocentricity defines one as being only interested in one’s self and represents an entity that contributes excessive opposition to the variety of classes and alienation of others. As individuals turn to the quest for power and prosperity, they lose their own sense of morality and drive against these oppositional components. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor and “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner, the grandmother and Abner Snopes are scrutinized as being castigated for the mendacity of the selfishness that they have committed. These unmoral characters strive for power and wealth as they fail to reconcile with those around them. This shows as we ascent towards power and triumph, we tend to lose ourselves and destroy the stability between classes as we can only grasp the concept of prosperity, which ultimately …show more content…
Abner not only displays envy and hatred towards minorities, but whenever the verdict is displeasing and not in his own favor, he decides to burn down his opponent’s farms, risking his own family’s safety for his own selfishness. This impairs the perception of society as an entity by presenting the lower class as being arrogant and distrustful towards the upper-class, especially when Abner tells the black man to "get out my way, nigger" and purposefully ruins their rug. Abner not only disappoints his own family by his self-centering actions, but leaves his own son to appear alienated and feel as if he failed his father’s request and feels a sense of disappointment as a son. In order to achieve the affluence they deem they deserve, individuals in society rebel against the morals created and turn to selfish acts to solve their own hindrances, leaving their own family behind. These similar types of approaches are an illustration of what various individuals in our civilization unfortunately turn