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    Crystal R Lewis Professor R. A. Hughes English 1020 NO3 Summer‚ 2013 July 1 Assignment # 4‚ Midterm A Good Man Is Hard To Find By; Flannery O’Connor The grandmother in “A Good Man Is Hard to find” considers herself morally superior to others by virtue of her being a “lady‚” and she freely and frequently passes judgment on others. She claims that her conscience is a guiding force in her life‚ such as when she tells Bailey; I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal

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    Lance’s Response In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’ Connor tells a bunch of events that happened in order. For an example‚ the story basically focuses on a series of events that is about a family’s road trip towards the south. The mother’s attitude is a bit rude and selfish. She does not want to go to Florida‚ so she tries to get her son to cancel the trip. She claims that Florida is a crime zone by saying “I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal loose in it

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    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

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    Flannery O’Connor´s book A Good Man Is Hard To Find‚ is composed of several short stories‚ one of which takes the tittle of the book. In this story the author‚ with the characters‚ the Grandmother‚ the protagonist‚ and the Misfit‚ the antagonist‚ exposes some ideas‚ by their behavior‚ also some symbols and some biblical ideas. In the story the author deal with the idea of “good” in different ways trying to show that only‚ because of being a “good man” doesn’t mean to be “moral” person

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    in the south. The themes are race‚ unrequited love‚ good vs. evil‚ being an outsider‚ and violence. We have read the stories ¨A Good Man is Hard to Find¨‚ ¨The Possibility of Evil¨‚ and ¨A rose for Emily¨. The traits are shown through the stories by showing how they really think of the people around them and what they show to them. In the story ¨A Good Man is Hard” it’s about a family who is on a trip but runs into a misfit. The traits in this story were an outsider‚ social structure‚ and disturbed

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    Fatoumatta Jaiteh ENGL 1312: Section 2 Dr. West-Fort September 25‚ 2013 A response to A Good man is Hard to Find By:- O’ Connor This story is creepy. The Grandmother is judgemental‚ bossy‚ opinionative woman. She is too lousy even though sometimes what she says makes sense. Her grand children John Wesley and June star do not like her. They were rude to her and the parents did not seem to get involved to tell the kids to respect her because she is an elderly which i found wrong. The Grandmother

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    Brittany Killingsworth July 10‚ 2012 (Tue) ’’ A Good Man Is Hard to Find" Questions 1. Discuss the way the family members are characterized and the way they affect the reader’s perceptions of the grandmother. Is the grandmother more or less Sympathetic than the other members of her family? O’Connor writes in an essay that not only is The Misfit more intelligent than the grandmother‚ but his "capacity for Grace" is greater than hers. Do you agree and why or why not? Bailey the grandmother’s

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    steps of Christ. Most Christians are viewed only as‚ “Sunday Christians” who follow their own beliefs. Faith is a major attribute to being Christian‚ and most never realize that it is missing until it is too late. In Flannery O’ Connor’s‚ “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” O’Connor utilizes religious aspects to tie in her views on Christian beliefs and her confusion about her religion in her life through the Grandmother’s eyes. To start‚ in order for the reader to understand the writing and views of Flannery

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    A Good Man is Hard to Find Analysis 1. In the short story‚ A Good Man is Hard to Find‚ the characters portrayal gives the grandmother a special quality. Bailey‚ the grandmother’s son‚ is a hardnosed man that seems to be gripey and annoyed with his self centered mother at most times. He makes the grandmother seem needy and pesters him. For example when the grandmother asks him to make a pit stop at the house‚ “Bailey looks straight ahead. His jaw bone was as rigid as a horseshoe. “No‚” he said

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