In the reading “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O'Connor, she presents us with a conflict. The conflict is between a man known as The Misfit, and a woman, known as The Grandmother. In the story, the reader shows a main theme being discussed throughout the story, which is religion. Whether you have faith in your religion or not, it still has an effect on your behavior and your point of view in reality. Religion will have a huge influence in the actions and decisions that you make in your life.
When the Grandmother gets into a confrontation with The Misfit, she brings up Jesus and praying in hopes to convince The Misfit to spare her life. However, while she speaks of Jesus, it seems that The Misfit thinks of Jesus much more deeply than …show more content…
Throughout the story, The Grandmother is shown to go down a path of pettiness and selfishness after which shows, she couldn’t have felt any type of love for The Misfit without God's help. O'Connor writes “ Hiram and Bobby Lee returned from the woods and stood over the ditch, looking down at the grandmother who half sat and half laid in a puddle of blood with her legs crossed under her like a child's and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky.” ( pg 368) Redemption is a key element in religion, specifically Christianity. When the author describes the Grandmother in a childlike position and also states that the sky holds no clouds, he is describing her moment of redemption. Children are known to be happy, and have no worries, which is why the author decided to say, “like a child.” O’Connor wanted to show the happiness inside of the Grandmother after her moment of her transformation, before her …show more content…
At least, that is what the author wants us to believe, as the ending is left in a sense of hopefulness. O’Connor writes “No pleasure but meanness”(pg 367). The Misfit is saying that there is no pleasure in life but meanness. He doesn’t know if Jesus actually did what the Bible has claimed he had done, and if he truly didn’t, then there is no pleasure in life. That is The Misfit’s philosophy to life. However, at the end of the story, The Misfit is found saying, ““ She would of been a good woman,” The Misfit said, “ If it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.” “ Some fun!” Bobby Lee said. “ Shut up, Bobby Lee,” The Misfit said. “ It's not real pleasure in life.””(pg 368) The Misfit is now contradicting what he said earlier. He is now realizing that there is no pleasure in life, like earlier, but he is now adding that meanness is no real pleasure. This is showing him having a revelation because of the Grandmother. He has acknowledged the redemption she has received. This way the author has ended the story in ‘hopefulness’. To have an assumption that The Misfit will now have his redemption as he feels different after killing the Grandmother, which is why he said, “If it had been somebody to shoot her every minute of her
When the Grandmother gets into a confrontation with The Misfit, she brings up Jesus and praying in hopes to convince The Misfit to spare her life. However, while she speaks of Jesus, it seems that The Misfit thinks of Jesus much more deeply than …show more content…
Throughout the story, The Grandmother is shown to go down a path of pettiness and selfishness after which shows, she couldn’t have felt any type of love for The Misfit without God's help. O'Connor writes “ Hiram and Bobby Lee returned from the woods and stood over the ditch, looking down at the grandmother who half sat and half laid in a puddle of blood with her legs crossed under her like a child's and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky.” ( pg 368) Redemption is a key element in religion, specifically Christianity. When the author describes the Grandmother in a childlike position and also states that the sky holds no clouds, he is describing her moment of redemption. Children are known to be happy, and have no worries, which is why the author decided to say, “like a child.” O’Connor wanted to show the happiness inside of the Grandmother after her moment of her transformation, before her …show more content…
At least, that is what the author wants us to believe, as the ending is left in a sense of hopefulness. O’Connor writes “No pleasure but meanness”(pg 367). The Misfit is saying that there is no pleasure in life but meanness. He doesn’t know if Jesus actually did what the Bible has claimed he had done, and if he truly didn’t, then there is no pleasure in life. That is The Misfit’s philosophy to life. However, at the end of the story, The Misfit is found saying, ““ She would of been a good woman,” The Misfit said, “ If it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.” “ Some fun!” Bobby Lee said. “ Shut up, Bobby Lee,” The Misfit said. “ It's not real pleasure in life.””(pg 368) The Misfit is now contradicting what he said earlier. He is now realizing that there is no pleasure in life, like earlier, but he is now adding that meanness is no real pleasure. This is showing him having a revelation because of the Grandmother. He has acknowledged the redemption she has received. This way the author has ended the story in ‘hopefulness’. To have an assumption that The Misfit will now have his redemption as he feels different after killing the Grandmother, which is why he said, “If it had been somebody to shoot her every minute of her