Wrath: A Good Man Is Hard To Find
July 4, 2014
English Comp. II Compare/Contrast Essay
There have been many sins listed in the Book of the Lord. Many people read stories without even analyzing the story for any hidden meaning, facts, or religious hints. Out of the many sins that are mentioned, one of the most common in the two stories that will be discussed is Wrath. You wouldn’t believe the things you can find in a story when you start breaking it down into little parts. Wrath is a big part of a lot of tragic stories and is also one of the seven deadly sins. The word “wrath” stems from the Archaic adjective “wroth,” which for centuries—from before 900 A.D.—has been changed—verbally and scripturally—throughout …show more content…
The author of the story, Flannery O’Connor, was a countryside woman from Georgia, with a Catholic background, living in a southern protestant town. Her style of writing is more of a Gothic-type of Writing about religion which gives the reader a shock at the end when the person’s faith in their religion and the Lord is actually put to the test and given a terrible, twisted ending. In one of her interviews, she mentions that without her catholic upbringing, she never would’ve had the inspiration to write; and her life, as it is, would have been boring because she would have “no reason to see, no reason ever to feel horrified or even to enjoy anything.” (Editors, SparkNotes) Wrath, in this story was brought upon, also, at the very end of the story as PUNISHMENT for the family’s sins of false belief, and lack of love and stability in the family. It was ESPECIALLY brought upon the grandmother that, instead of risking her life to save her family, decided to try to save her own, and even doubted the Lord Himself in front of the criminals who are there to bring “judgement” to the …show more content…
It was such that she successfully kept hidden for MANY years before, and until, her death. The same situation goes with “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” The sin of Wrath does not happen until the end when the Misfit kills the grandmother himself while the other gang members kill off the grandmother’s son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. Wrath is always brought upon those who commit terrible acts of sin; and, in this case, Homer in “A Rose for Emily,” and the entire family, ESPECIALLY the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” have committed multiple acts of sin which ended up bringing them closer and closer to their sudden, yet tragic
English Comp. II Compare/Contrast Essay
There have been many sins listed in the Book of the Lord. Many people read stories without even analyzing the story for any hidden meaning, facts, or religious hints. Out of the many sins that are mentioned, one of the most common in the two stories that will be discussed is Wrath. You wouldn’t believe the things you can find in a story when you start breaking it down into little parts. Wrath is a big part of a lot of tragic stories and is also one of the seven deadly sins. The word “wrath” stems from the Archaic adjective “wroth,” which for centuries—from before 900 A.D.—has been changed—verbally and scripturally—throughout …show more content…
The author of the story, Flannery O’Connor, was a countryside woman from Georgia, with a Catholic background, living in a southern protestant town. Her style of writing is more of a Gothic-type of Writing about religion which gives the reader a shock at the end when the person’s faith in their religion and the Lord is actually put to the test and given a terrible, twisted ending. In one of her interviews, she mentions that without her catholic upbringing, she never would’ve had the inspiration to write; and her life, as it is, would have been boring because she would have “no reason to see, no reason ever to feel horrified or even to enjoy anything.” (Editors, SparkNotes) Wrath, in this story was brought upon, also, at the very end of the story as PUNISHMENT for the family’s sins of false belief, and lack of love and stability in the family. It was ESPECIALLY brought upon the grandmother that, instead of risking her life to save her family, decided to try to save her own, and even doubted the Lord Himself in front of the criminals who are there to bring “judgement” to the …show more content…
It was such that she successfully kept hidden for MANY years before, and until, her death. The same situation goes with “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” The sin of Wrath does not happen until the end when the Misfit kills the grandmother himself while the other gang members kill off the grandmother’s son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren. Wrath is always brought upon those who commit terrible acts of sin; and, in this case, Homer in “A Rose for Emily,” and the entire family, ESPECIALLY the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” have committed multiple acts of sin which ended up bringing them closer and closer to their sudden, yet tragic