Essay Comparing A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Greenleaf
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” And “Greenleaf” Compare/Contrast FINAL
Flannery O’Connor's two different short stories “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Greenleaf,” are dramatically different stories, but as you read the two it doesn't take long to put them, possibly, in the same category when referring to the characters in the stories, my claim is that both Mrs. May and the Misfit both suffered from psychological problems that affected their beliefs in whole.
The claim I just pronounced really isn't very hard to determine for any rational minded human reading about the misfit, but the comparison between Mrs. May and the Misfit and the proclamation that Mrs. May also suffered from this is where the claim becomes interesting in my opinion. In these stories they both show their mutual affiliation with God, even though they both …show more content…
He thrown everything off balance. If He did what he said, then it’s nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, the it’s nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can-by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness,””(O’Connor “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” 211). This mindset in all terms of a rational thinking human would be considered to be “way off the rocker” even though he makes the point of the “what if” scenario, I believe that this is due to a possible psychological viewpoint that makes him believe things that in no way are justifiable, being that he's not just a crazy person but that he suffers from a mental illness that leads to him thinking that there's nothing wrong with what he was doing. I think Mrs. May holds the same mindset referring to psychiatric’s but in a much lower capacity because of the fact that she wants to do the moral thing when referring to just moral issues, but I believe that because of all the factors tide
Flannery O’Connor's two different short stories “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Greenleaf,” are dramatically different stories, but as you read the two it doesn't take long to put them, possibly, in the same category when referring to the characters in the stories, my claim is that both Mrs. May and the Misfit both suffered from psychological problems that affected their beliefs in whole.
The claim I just pronounced really isn't very hard to determine for any rational minded human reading about the misfit, but the comparison between Mrs. May and the Misfit and the proclamation that Mrs. May also suffered from this is where the claim becomes interesting in my opinion. In these stories they both show their mutual affiliation with God, even though they both …show more content…
He thrown everything off balance. If He did what he said, then it’s nothing for you to do but throw away everything and follow Him, and if He didn't, the it’s nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got left the best way you can-by killing somebody or burning down his house or doing some other meanness to him. No pleasure but meanness,””(O’Connor “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” 211). This mindset in all terms of a rational thinking human would be considered to be “way off the rocker” even though he makes the point of the “what if” scenario, I believe that this is due to a possible psychological viewpoint that makes him believe things that in no way are justifiable, being that he's not just a crazy person but that he suffers from a mental illness that leads to him thinking that there's nothing wrong with what he was doing. I think Mrs. May holds the same mindset referring to psychiatric’s but in a much lower capacity because of the fact that she wants to do the moral thing when referring to just moral issues, but I believe that because of all the factors tide