Mark O'Connor

The main character in the story A Good Man Is Hard to Find, is the grandmother. In the story the grandmother plays the role of a liar, self-centered, coward, and stubborn, manipulative woman. The grandmother lives with her only son, who has a family of his own. She is a typical human being, she voices her own opinions and did not stop at anything when she wanted thing done her way. Though she was a tough nut to crack, she has a soft heart. She was a caring mother, though she showed it towards…

Flannery O'Connor in the fiction, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, portrays how negativity affects those around them and that of their own. O’Connor supports her statements by using characterization, setting and plot to reveal behavior aspects. The author’s purpose is to reveal the overall conclusion of ignorance, misunderstanding and hatred towards another in order to lead an interesting end to their life. The author writes in a violent tone for the audience as she compares and contrasts the…

Flannery O’Connor is considered one of America’s best fictional writers not one that ,but she is also know a strong advocate for Roman Catholicism. O’Connor is primarily known for her her fictional stories, that being said the characteristic that she makes evident among all the characters in her short stories is what makes her writing extremely interesting. In “ A Good Man is Hard to Find” the grandmother is quite the character., and most people can relate to the character due to the fact that…

In all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories she has at least one protagonist who is diseased or has a disability. She writes about characters who reject God and individuals who are in need of grace. At a young age, she got diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus, like her father. Nonetheless, she did not let this get in the way of her writing, and ultimately decided to base a handful of her characters and stories off of her experience in life and what she has seen. Rufus Johnson is a…

“But Spinks is evil! What teacher would suggest an educational trip to the Globe Theater for spring break?!” I continued to mope. My mom continued to toss things into my suitcase, considering I was protesting by refusing to pack myself. I decided to press the issue further by adding “A loving mother would take me to Florida with the rest of her children!” With an exasperated sigh, my mom put down the shirt she was folding and turned to me. “Jena,” my mom finally acknowledged me, “you’re…

I believe the theme of O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is violence grace. When speaking about this short story, O'Connor states, “I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace.” In the story, every member of the family act rude and are very self-absorbed. The character who is most selfish is the grandmother. She does not take any one else into consideration, and she does act upon grace or…

Short Story #1 A Good Man is Hard to Find. By: Flannery O’Connor The setting of this book takes place in Atlanta Georgia and the family will be going on a trip to Florida. During the story the setting changes to a ditch where the family has crashed their car, the ditch is said to be ten feet below the road. The plot of this short story starts out with this family taking a road trip to Florida, the Grandmother doesn't want to go to Florida because she reads about some escaped convicts on the…

A Good Man is Hard to Find was an interesting story. It started off with a solid hook that piqued my interest and prompted me to continue reading. After the hook, the author kept my attention by her immediate use of foreshadowing while at the same time introducing us to the personality of the grandmother. She tells her son that “The Mist is aloose…and headed toward Florida. I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal…”(337). I thought that this was effective way showing the…

In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” Flannery O’ Conner shows that Bailey, is an example of a good man. O’ Conner ideal of a good man Bailey sure is the opposite Bailey doesn’t listen to his mother about the Misfit and him being stubborn is the reason the family ends up going to Florida. Bailey also makes hasty decisions based on whining and griping like trying to find a mansion with a secret door in it Bailey is the son of the unnamed grandmother. His family doesn’t respect him or takes him…

The importance of characters is very important in writing. A Character is a person, or in some cases an animal, who takes part in the action of the story. The "good country people" O'Connor speaks of are Mrs. Hopewell, her daughter Hulga Hopewell, servant Mrs. Freeman, and bible salesman Manly Pointer, each character represents a unique means for trying to reconcile the conflicting expectations of life in the American South. By naming the characters with names which practically expose their…