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A Good Man is hard to find by Flannery O'Connor

A Good Man Is Hard to Find has been attributed as a contemptuous tale which obdurately

brings out manipulation by and pettiness of humans. From her entire collection of short stories,

this story is OConnors most anthologized one. OConnor displays her talent to mingle serious

thematic material with bizarre humor.

The tale is of ready devastation. The grandmother is a personality of conflict and less moral

character. She takes the entire family on a wrong route and gets them all killed. The characters

from the family introduced by OConnor in the entire story die a tragic death one by one.

The grandmother wished to meet her relatives and takes the entire family for a trip. The car

meets an accident and breaks down. They are approached by another mysterious looking car a

big black battered hearse-like automobile (12,145)

She is the one who recognizes the killer and tries to get her saved by saying that

"You wouldn't shoot a lady, would you?" (5, 147)

The entire family is in danger and the killer is extremely cool about it. The killer

systematically eradicates the family. He asks his mate to lead Bailey and his son to the woods

and they were killed there.

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There was a pistol shot from the woods, followed closely by another. Then silence. (10, 149)

Next he gets the mother and June Star from the car and sends them also to the woods. There

were two more pistol reports and (3,152)

The grandmother feels sad but is still confident, falsely that she might be spared but she also

meets the same fate as her etire family. .grandmother who half sat and half lay in a puddle of

blood with her legs crossed under her (12, 152)

Works Cited

O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Other Stories. New York: Harcourt Brace
Jovanovich, 1977. Print.