In a “Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, the grandmother undergoes a huge shift in the way she views things. The grandmother abides by the moral code which she believes will guarantee a fulfilling life with no regrets but soon comes to realize how inconsistent her code is. Throughout the story, she uses the label “good man” as her way of saying that only those who agree and align with the her is considered “good.” It has nothing to do with you being kind or trustworthy. Her definition is completely based on poor judgment and blind faith, for none of these are actually considered “good.”
The grandmothers vanity and self centered attitude is shown in the first three lines of the story. She is very determined to get things to work in her way no matter what drastic measures she has to take. She didn’t want to go to Florida but to east Tennessee and she was “seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s mind.” At one point, when neither Bailey or the wife bothered to look up to her and listen to what she had to propose, she held the Misfit …show more content…
She is unable to pray in a crisis but seems to talk a lot about Jesus with the Misfit. When she grew to become more afraid of what may happen to her, she suggested the Misfit should “pray.” When the Misfit said “I never was a bad boy that I remember of...but somewhere along the line I done something wrong and got sent to the penitentiary I was buried alive,” she suggested him should have prayed then. She said, “If you would pray… Jesus would help you.” However, I don’t think the grandmother really believed in that concept of praying and being saved from Jesus. When everyone was taken to the woods and killed, the grandmother was alone with the Misfit and she knew her time was running out. She found herself saying “Jesus, Jesus,” but the way she was saying it , “it sounded as if she might be
The grandmothers vanity and self centered attitude is shown in the first three lines of the story. She is very determined to get things to work in her way no matter what drastic measures she has to take. She didn’t want to go to Florida but to east Tennessee and she was “seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s mind.” At one point, when neither Bailey or the wife bothered to look up to her and listen to what she had to propose, she held the Misfit …show more content…
She is unable to pray in a crisis but seems to talk a lot about Jesus with the Misfit. When she grew to become more afraid of what may happen to her, she suggested the Misfit should “pray.” When the Misfit said “I never was a bad boy that I remember of...but somewhere along the line I done something wrong and got sent to the penitentiary I was buried alive,” she suggested him should have prayed then. She said, “If you would pray… Jesus would help you.” However, I don’t think the grandmother really believed in that concept of praying and being saved from Jesus. When everyone was taken to the woods and killed, the grandmother was alone with the Misfit and she knew her time was running out. She found herself saying “Jesus, Jesus,” but the way she was saying it , “it sounded as if she might be