Analysis Of Flannery O Conner s A Good Man - 1096 Words

Hayden Davis Professor Jansen English 1302 October 21, 2014 Analysis on A Good Man Is Hard To Find In Flannery O’Conner’s story â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard To Find† was her most famous piece of literature in her short career. We will also discuss the many foreshadows that go on in this story and what they necessarily mean to the characters and the story itself. This story she uses ones violence to achieve salvation by forgiving the very person the harm was done to. In this essay we will discuss how the very idea of salvation/grace can be interpreted in the very violence that salvation/grace would not usually survive. The story begins with the family being confronted by the grandmother who doesn t want to take the vacation to Florida. She has read about a serial killer by the name of the Misfit who is on the run heading for Florida. Unfortunately, she is ignored by every member of the family. The fact that she cautions Bailey, her son, of this Misfit and â€Å"what he did to those people† foreshadows what will happ en to them. We as readers must know that the author will not put in information if it is not going to be relevant later on in the story. During the morning of the trip, the grandmother is the first one to be ready and into the car, she was dressed in her Sunday best even though she does not want to go to Florida. The grandmother stated that â€Å"In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.† We can start to see theShow MoreRelatedAn Analysis Of Flannery O Conner s A Good Man2107 Words   |  9 PagesFlannery O’Conner’s short story, â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard to Find† illustrates a family vacation rapidly gone bad when the family encounters a vicious end by an escaped criminal known as â€Å"The Misfit†. The story includes a family of five; a husband, wife and three kids, and the Grandmother. The family has planned to take a trip to Florida, but the Grandmother argues that East Tennessee wo uld be better as a recent criminal escaped from Florida, but no other family member views it as a big deal. Much like