“But niggers don't want to pick cotton anymore. You can't get the white folks to pick it and now you can't get the niggers because they got to be right up there with the white folks." (O’Connor, 9) As Mrs. Turpin was saying this, it shows what Flannery O’Connor was willing to have the characters say in order to fit in completely in the south as a white character. With the setting in the south, most characters of Flannery's writing are racist but it fits the setting. And many other little stereotypical southern things, like little farms and diners, are present in Flannery’s writing. Flannery O’Connor uses a racist, judgmental and selfish attitude in the characters to fit the setting of the south and this forces readers to deal with their own
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The grandmother was judging the children's mother because the children's mother was wearing pants and a t-shirt. “In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.” (O’Connor, 2) When the grandmother was thinking this, she was referencing that the children’s mother was wearing pants and only proper ladies wear skirts and dresses so, therefore, the children’s mother was not a proper woman. And O’Connor uses this to shows that during the grandmothers time, pants for women was not acceptable then judges the children's mother for it, and the grandmother still believes that it's not acceptable even when times have been changing. Also, in A Good Man is Hard to Find, the grandmother basically wasn't religious so she didn't have the guilt of being a mean and rude old lady, then she showed her religious side when she was in trouble. ““If you would pray,” the old lady said, “Jesus would help you.” “That’s right,” the Misfit said. “Well then, why don’t you pray?” she asked trembling with delight suddenly.” This is when the grandmother becomes nice and religious, when she was facing the criminal called The Misfit. O'Connor did this to show that people are mean until being nice benefits them. This is especially hard when people are forced to deal with those who are not like
The grandmother was judging the children's mother because the children's mother was wearing pants and a t-shirt. “In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.” (O’Connor, 2) When the grandmother was thinking this, she was referencing that the children’s mother was wearing pants and only proper ladies wear skirts and dresses so, therefore, the children’s mother was not a proper woman. And O’Connor uses this to shows that during the grandmothers time, pants for women was not acceptable then judges the children's mother for it, and the grandmother still believes that it's not acceptable even when times have been changing. Also, in A Good Man is Hard to Find, the grandmother basically wasn't religious so she didn't have the guilt of being a mean and rude old lady, then she showed her religious side when she was in trouble. ““If you would pray,” the old lady said, “Jesus would help you.” “That’s right,” the Misfit said. “Well then, why don’t you pray?” she asked trembling with delight suddenly.” This is when the grandmother becomes nice and religious, when she was facing the criminal called The Misfit. O'Connor did this to show that people are mean until being nice benefits them. This is especially hard when people are forced to deal with those who are not like