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    “Don’t judge a man until you’ve walked two moons in his moccasins.” This is a very important quote that is for everyone because you can’t judge someone on how they look or act unless you see or hear what they have dealt with. In the novel “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech, the book is about a girl named Sal going on a roadtrip with her grandparents talking about things that have happened in her lifetime that deal with how that quote is in some ways. As a result of the setting and how it affects…

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    In A Good Man is Hard to Find, Flannery O’connor depicts a stubborn grandmother convincing her family to embark on a trip towards Tennessee. Soon misinterpreting directions and leading them towards a sociopath murderer, she faces the doom of the murdering of herself and her kin. Araby, by James Joyce, focuses on a boy who has developed an infatuation with his friend’s sister and is willing to travel to the bazaar to retrieve a gift for her. Unfortunately, he returns empty-handed and disappointed…

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    In Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man is hard to find” one of the center characters O’Connor does not give him a real name like the others, she just calls him The Misfit. The Misfit is a very odd person though, he is a horrible sinner, but then he is very thoughtful. For instance, he is thoughtful when he tells the ladies "I'm sorry I don't have on a shirt before you ladies” (O’Connor 7). Then he is a horrible sinner because at the end of the story he is the one that shoots the…

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    every morning. Though for others it can be as difficult as walking through the strongest storm trying to not fall. Love is the most striking characteristic in the stories because it’s real; it pertains to the real world. In the book, ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’ written by Flannery O’Connor we face with multiple characters who experience love on different levels. One character has a fear of love, another experiences hopeless love and the third one has a prideful love. The main theme is that all…

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    This case evaluation is based on Ben and Joan Matthews p 228-231. This case is about Joan, her husband and her three children left Illinois to drive to Florida so Ben could find work. Ben was unable to find work so they are headed back to Illinois. Ben ends up hitting Joan and leaves Joan and the children stranded in a restaurant halfway to Illinois without any money and no cell phone with hungry children. The role of Human Services in this case is to provide Joan (the client) with…

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    The story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” has a very cynical feel to it. There are many events in the story that are gruesome and seem to have a dark end. Many of the characters in the story think for themselves and there are consequences for their choices throughout the story. Some of these choices are small and don't have much of an effect on the family in the story, but some choices made by characters are life changing. One of the selfish acting people in the story of Bailey. He is the father…

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    Hard To Find Goodness

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    minds of O’Connor’s audience long after the grandmother’s tragic ending. The grandmother is a self-proclaimed “lady” who values image above all else. Typically, those who declare to be something tend to behave otherwise. In O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, O’Connor conveys that goodness resides in actions, not appearances. It’s time for a family road trip and to no ones astonishment, the grandmother fiercely opposes the idea of traveling to the sunshine state. She desires the familiar…

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    O'Connor (1925-1964) is called as one of the representative writer of "Southern Renaissance". Its main source of creativity from religion and the church. Her description of the main themes of evil, sin and salvation. "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is one of the most respected O'Connor short story writer through a family trip to show us a path of soul salvation, the salvation of the soul essence but a fiction journey. O'Connor said: "A good novelist is through symbols and metaphors to convey…

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    A short story that many individuals may or may not know well was first published in 1953 after the writer, Flannery O’Connor made a permanent move to Andalusia to her mother’s diary farm. The story, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" was started on the dairy farm that illustrates many of the techniques and themes which were to characterize the typical story. Since O’Connor was limited by her illness to short and infrequent trips away from the farm, O'Connor learned to draw upon the resources at hand…

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    Grandmother Vs Misfit

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    “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor has been one of the most interesting stories I have ever come across. The story revolves around a family who decide to go on a vacation to Florida, toting along their grandmother. Along the way, the family encounters ‘The Misfit,’ a runaway criminal. O’Connor writes the characters of the grandmother and The Misfit, who at first glance seem so different from each other, yet throughout the short story, share underlying similarities. The…

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