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Introduction
A Goodman is hard to find is a short story written by Flannery O’Connor in Georgia. It starts with Bailey trying to persuade his mother to take him to a family in Tennessee instead of Florida, especially the news of the robbery at The Misfit. The father still decides to take his wife and two children to Florida, including the mother, called Grandma. The family heads south to reach their vacation spot, stops for food, and then stops to find the Nigo House Maya house described from their past (O’Connor, pg. 12). However, they found that the house was not in Georgia and that the family car soon fell into a ditch. The family finds help to show a black car going down the road, but Misfit and the gang kill another family with a grandmother.
Summary of Story
The reinforcement of specific stereotypes in the 1800s was the broadest picture of the South in the 1800s and is well portrayed where the old lady would have the Holy Ghost speaking to her to save criminals. Human conflicts, especially sin, are widely and accurately represented in this short story. Besides, the submitted social issues are adequately considered and nurtured in the language of the character. This article reflects the thrill and work in the text that often carry severe problems in real life.
Analysis
The text describes excellent and evil themes with misfits, referring to such evil and grandmother and her adversary. O’Connor does not clearly define his characters but instead hides the arrangement of symbols. An example is the use of derogatory words from grandparents, such as “A little cute picnic.” The same clouds appear morally as he pulls himself towards the road before he finds his grandmother, and she says, “If you don’t believe me, lady, everything is fine with you” (O’Connor, pg. 87). If the grandmother does not know who she is, she will not be killed that day. The actions of Grand and Misfit indicate that under very ordinary circumstances, people are in a dual state of good and evil and that no one is entirely on one side or the other. However, the article explains that in a stressful situation, one can reach a particular side. An example in the story is the last conversation between Grand and The Misfit when she begs him to show her some kindness and try to show some tenderness, and he shoots her three times. This action confirms him to be the “villain” of the story, but only in the end. The definition of good is arbitrary, and the way is that different people can understand it differently. Grandma is good because she is a person who shares the behaviors and thoughts that she does (O’Connor, pg.43). Goodness is in misfits, and “You shouldn’t shoot a woman, right?” Of course, he was wrong. Misfit has a bad relationship and is not guilty of the crimes it committed.
From Grandma’s point of view, the family is not considered acceptable. The way children believe children should be treated to make insulting remarks to their home state of Georgia, saying, “We can go through Georgia quickly, so we don’t need to look.” His father, Bailey, was also suspicious and looked down on his mother. The family and the gangs of The Misfit have vague notions of good and evil, but only experience a scene of clarity when Grandma and Misfit kill her at the end of the lesson. “Why are you one of my children?” Grandma smears before she dies. You are one of my children! “Finally, she throws out the simple definition of goodness and finally sees Misfit as just another ordinary person on this earth (O’Connor, pg. 84). When he says he’s not happy about that murder and his character has changed, the cloud around him becomes clear.
Grandmother “shows religion at the end of the story by saying things like prayer and supplication (O’Connor, pg. 149).” Grandmother murmurs due to that holy presence. You are one of my children (O’Connor, pg. 152), and Misfit shoots him when he touches her shoulder. He would have been a better woman if he had been there to bake for minutes (O’Connor, pg. 153). She feels that if he were his patron, she would be warned to leave Christianity. It strengthens the character of the false fit and shows how authentic and influential he is like Christ. In the case of Jesus, the mirror that fits wrong is very important to each other. Misfit said, “I cannot make all the mistakes I have made, I have been punished (O’Connor, pg. 151).” Jesus never committed any crime, yet Misfit punished him for believing in himself.
On the other hand, racism was beginning when the grandmother called her “Negro Child” and called her. “The little secrets of the country are not like ours,” she said. This comment is one of the most corrupt and surprising remarks Grandma can make because she only can speak correctly on this subject and an unusually limited perspective. This view is unbelievable not only now, but also in the 1800s because Southern racism is ubiquitous. Stone Mountain is a racial theme when referring to exciting descriptions of the Grand Landscape. Depending on her previous statements, she may be considered “interesting,” fun, or enjoyable. Apart from the view, Stone Mountain cannot be regarded as beautiful or delightful. I think I liked the Grand Maintain presence, but it was even more enjoyable because of the Ku Klux Klan meetings’ history.
Conclusion
Through A Good Man is Hard to Find, the characters’ language and the narrator brought with me many philosophies that I had never considered. This short story accurately captures social issues, human conflicts, and Southern stereotypes and raises injustice. I enjoyed this short story and its primary meaning, thanks to the peace and security in my life and realized that all adventures are in danger.
Works Cited
O’Connor, Flannery. A Good Man is Hard to Find: And Other Stories. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1955.