Essays on a Good Man is Hard to Find

Flannery O’Connor’s short story appears to be greatly influenced by the time and place in which she grew up, and thus, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” lends itself easily in examination through biographical criticism. Psychoanalytic criticism can be used in combination with biographical...

Flannery O’Connor is quite well known for her usage of the “agent of grace” archetype. This character, who is not necessarily a good person, is used to gift divine mercy onto the main character who up until that point had been blind (sometimes with glasses)...

As readers, whenever we read short stories we often consider different things that makes the story unique and insightful for us to read repeatedly. Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, is a story about a family that was travelling down...

The short story “A good man is hard to find” was written by Flannery O’Connor and published in 1955. In this story you have a very dysfunctional family. The members of this family include the grandmother, her son Bailey, an eight year old boy named...

In her short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” Flannery O’Connor tells the story of a family taking a trip down to Florida. Man known as “the Misfit” has escaped police custody and is claimed to be at large around the area. The...

John Desmond gives his view on O’Connor’s short story, ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find.’ He does so from a religious and philosophical perspective in his article ‘Flannery O’Connor’s Misfit and the Mystery of Evil.’ Desmond focuses on ‘good’ and ‘evil,’ which seem to...

In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” a lively family embarks on a trip fueled by foreboding images. Masterfully, O’Connor displays a crisp slice of Southern life. However, this picture of 1950s pastoral America is tainted with numerous sinister descriptions. An accident...

Existentialism proposed the idea that one is a “free agent” in determining their own development through acts of one’s own free will and self-judgement. In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” existentialist principles are embodied by the Misfit who lives by his...

In the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, the author gives a story of a conflict between grandmother and a criminal who engage in evil activities. In this story the grandmother is portrayed as a good person who is morally upright whose behaviors...

Flannery O’Connor is considered as the one of the most important American gothic writer in the 20th century. As readers, we read different short stories that we often consider the different things that make the story insightful and interesting. In Flannery O’Connor’s, “A Good Man...

Introduction The authors use literary elements to directly communicate with their readers. Literary elements make a story interesting and enjoyable to the readers. In the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, the author, O’Connor uses various literary elements to highlights the consequences of...

Horrific, extraordinary, macabre, or supernatural events and “an atmosphere of mystery and suspense” are the essentials of the American Gothic genre of literature (Phillips). The Southern Gothic sub-genre sets the events in the American South, makes extensive use of irony, and includes eccentric, deeply flawed...

The past plays a large role in William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily, as well as in Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Both short stories involve women who bring up – and sometimes focus on – the past and how the...

We live in a world that is characterized by good and evil, and as most individuals struggle with being good and performing good acts, others are comfortable exercising evil and performing bad acts. The idea of good and evil is depicted in most artistic pieces...

Final Exam Choose two stories we read this semester and discuss point of view in each. How are the two pov’s handled differently? How and why are they important to the two stories? Point of view plays a major role in telling a story. It...

The Depravity of Humans Explored Through Elements of Fiction Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and Gabriel Marquez’s story “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” are very different in nature, but share a common theme throughout. This theme is the...

This grotesque tale of sudden violence in the rural South opens quietly, with a family orchestrating a vacation. The husband, Bailey, his wife, and their children, John Wesley and June Star, all want to go to Florida. The grandmother, Bailey’s mother, however, wants to go...