Bandy, Stephen C. "'One Of My Babies': The Misfit and the Grandmother." Studies in Short Fiction 33.1 (1996):107-118.Rpt. in Short Story Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 61. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 Mar. 2016. The critic, Stephen Brandy, believes that the short story “A Good Man is Hard To Find” is a harsh realization to the truths of Christianity beliefs. He claims that “one cannot deny that the concerns of this story are the basic concerns of Christian belief: faith, death, salvation” (n.p.). Stephen Brandy supports his thesis with critiques from other critics, biblical references, and O’Connor’s own criticism of her short story.
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in Short Story Criticism. Vol. 111. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 Mar. 2016. The critic, Katherine Keil, argues that the grandmother in O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” achieves clarity in vision in the eyes of Christian views by the end of the story. She claims that “lacking spiritual fulfillment, both Coleridge’s sailor and O’Connor’s grandmother journey through the desert of alienation and experience an epiphany that results in resurrection and rebirth” (n.p.). She supports her thesis by paralleling O’Connor’s work to other literary stories and comparing the grandmother’s experience to Catholic Christian …show more content…
"Secular Meaning in 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'." College Literature 9.2 (1982): 123-132. Rpt. In Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 132. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 5 Apr. 2016. The critic, Stanley Renner, claims that O’Connor’s intentions in the short story “A Good Man is Hard To Find” did not match how the story ended. Renner believes that the story “ has proved particularly troublesome because O’Connor’s statements about her intention in its violent climax enjoins an interpretation that does not appear to be supported by the logic of its own content” (n.p.). The critic supports his thesis through other critics critiques, a newspaper article, and O’Connor’s
Gresham, Stephen. "Things Darkly Buried: In Praise …show more content…
in Short Story Criticism. Vol. 111. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Literature Resource Center. Web. 28 Mar. 2016. The critic, Katherine Keil, argues that the grandmother in O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” achieves clarity in vision in the eyes of Christian views by the end of the story. She claims that “lacking spiritual fulfillment, both Coleridge’s sailor and O’Connor’s grandmother journey through the desert of alienation and experience an epiphany that results in resurrection and rebirth” (n.p.). She supports her thesis by paralleling O’Connor’s work to other literary stories and comparing the grandmother’s experience to Catholic Christian …show more content…
"Secular Meaning in 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'." College Literature 9.2 (1982): 123-132. Rpt. In Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. Ed. Janet Witalec. Vol. 132. Detroit: Gale, 2003. Literature Resource Center. Web. 5 Apr. 2016. The critic, Stanley Renner, claims that O’Connor’s intentions in the short story “A Good Man is Hard To Find” did not match how the story ended. Renner believes that the story “ has proved particularly troublesome because O’Connor’s statements about her intention in its violent climax enjoins an interpretation that does not appear to be supported by the logic of its own content” (n.p.). The critic supports his thesis through other critics critiques, a newspaper article, and O’Connor’s