Throughout daily life, there is a constant theme: good versus evil. This continuous comparison of the good to the evil is fundamentally within each person, whether it is known or not. People define others with these concepts by only knowing their basic qualities. This idea of good versus evil provides a distinct template in which discerns those who are characteristically good, and characteristically evil. Though, what draws this line, or, how exactly do humans define good and evil? This topic is one that may just confuse all of humanity, and Flannery O'Connor uses that exact element in her short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find." O'Connor effectively uses characterization to convey her underlying theme of how those who may have good characteristics,
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The Misfit's qualities are that of pure evil, or so O'Connor's audience may think. The readers truly do not know much about The Misfit or his personality, it simply explains that he is a criminal, which in turn causes readers to infer that he is a person of evil nature. However, The Grandmother seemed to imply that a good person is one that is polite and decent, which The Misfit accurately represents. He speaks kindly of his family, stating "God never made a finer woman than my mother and my daddy's heart was pure gold," (O'Connor, 345) and always answers The Grandmother with "Yes mam." (345) These expressions show how The Misfit was possibly once considered an unequivocally good person, and again reinstates O'Connor's theme of how the lines between good and evil are so easily blurred. For that in every good person, lie malicious tendencies.
The foundation of good and evil is one that is recognizable across all humanity, though Flannery O'Connor easily shows her readers how that very basis not easily defined. With the two main characters of "A Good Man is Hard to Find," O'Connor uses efficient characterization to display her theme of how good and evil can be actively
The Misfit's qualities are that of pure evil, or so O'Connor's audience may think. The readers truly do not know much about The Misfit or his personality, it simply explains that he is a criminal, which in turn causes readers to infer that he is a person of evil nature. However, The Grandmother seemed to imply that a good person is one that is polite and decent, which The Misfit accurately represents. He speaks kindly of his family, stating "God never made a finer woman than my mother and my daddy's heart was pure gold," (O'Connor, 345) and always answers The Grandmother with "Yes mam." (345) These expressions show how The Misfit was possibly once considered an unequivocally good person, and again reinstates O'Connor's theme of how the lines between good and evil are so easily blurred. For that in every good person, lie malicious tendencies.
The foundation of good and evil is one that is recognizable across all humanity, though Flannery O'Connor easily shows her readers how that very basis not easily defined. With the two main characters of "A Good Man is Hard to Find," O'Connor uses efficient characterization to display her theme of how good and evil can be actively