Good Man Is Hard to Find
Compare/Contrast Character Analysis Paper
A Good Man is Hard to Find: The Misfit and The Grandmother
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, depicts a contrast of good and evil however, it shows how the enactment of good and evil is not as evident as it appears. The Grandmother perceives herself as a moralistically good character though her actions deem to create a downfall for the family. On the other hand the misfit is targeted at the audience as an evil character who is a cold-blooded killer; his intentions are justified by his unworldly perceptions of people.
The grandmother is the central character in the story. The grandmother is a manipulative, deceitful, and self-serving woman who lives in the past. She doesn't value her life as it is, but glorifies what it was like long ago. This woman will do whatever it takes to get what she wants and she doesn't let anyone else's feelings stand in her way. She tries to justify her demands by convincing herself and her family that her way is the best way and really the only way. The grandmother is determined to change her family's vacation destination as she tries to manipulate her son into going to Tennessee instead of Florida. She began trying to make Bailey, her son, feel guilty about the children's safety. The grandmother says that "she couldn't answer to her conscience if she took the children in a direction where there was a convict on the loose." She is not successful with Bailey, so she uses the same antics on her daughter-in-law who doesn't even acknowledge her. The Grandmother leads the family down the dirt road by enticing the children with stories of a plantation she visited in her youth. The Grandmother lets her selfish thoughts lead her, and her family to doom. Once on the dirt road, the family has an accident, another situation that was spurred by Grandmother. After the family has the accident they encounter the Misfit. Eventually one after another is shot and killed by the Misfit. The
A Good Man is Hard to Find: The Misfit and The Grandmother
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor, depicts a contrast of good and evil however, it shows how the enactment of good and evil is not as evident as it appears. The Grandmother perceives herself as a moralistically good character though her actions deem to create a downfall for the family. On the other hand the misfit is targeted at the audience as an evil character who is a cold-blooded killer; his intentions are justified by his unworldly perceptions of people.
The grandmother is the central character in the story. The grandmother is a manipulative, deceitful, and self-serving woman who lives in the past. She doesn't value her life as it is, but glorifies what it was like long ago. This woman will do whatever it takes to get what she wants and she doesn't let anyone else's feelings stand in her way. She tries to justify her demands by convincing herself and her family that her way is the best way and really the only way. The grandmother is determined to change her family's vacation destination as she tries to manipulate her son into going to Tennessee instead of Florida. She began trying to make Bailey, her son, feel guilty about the children's safety. The grandmother says that "she couldn't answer to her conscience if she took the children in a direction where there was a convict on the loose." She is not successful with Bailey, so she uses the same antics on her daughter-in-law who doesn't even acknowledge her. The Grandmother leads the family down the dirt road by enticing the children with stories of a plantation she visited in her youth. The Grandmother lets her selfish thoughts lead her, and her family to doom. Once on the dirt road, the family has an accident, another situation that was spurred by Grandmother. After the family has the accident they encounter the Misfit. Eventually one after another is shot and killed by the Misfit. The