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            Analysis of "A Good Man is Hard to Find- .
            
             In the short story, "A Good Man is Hard to find,"" Flannery O'Connor employs the literary elements of irony, foreshadowing, and point of view, to convey the concepts that we each experience reality, however skewed, through the sometimes morally-distorted lens of individual perception. Occasionally, salvation from such blindness is attainable, though more often than not, the ultimate price for such clarity - life itself - must be paid. This story may seem like nonsensical violence or heavily laden with symbols, but the violence serves as the author's means to further her message regarding salvation. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" presents the opinion that contemporary society was drastically changing for the worse.
             One stark example of O'Connor's use of irony is noticeable in her choices for characters names. One of the more obvious ironies in names is that of the daughter, June Star. June Star is the little girl who, in reality, is no shining star. One can realize immediately that June thinks of herself as the little princess. But we as the readers can see that in all actuality, her perceptions about herself could not be farther from the truth. The phrase, "I wouldn't live in a broken-down place like this for a million bucks!- shows the reader how vain, spoiled, and stuck up she actually is. Similarly, O'Connor's decision to leave the mother and grandmother nameless affects how they are perceived, as well as their perception of each other. Are they to be seen as simply any generic woman? When O'Connor contrasts the image of the " children's mother [who] still had on slacks and her head tied up in a green kerchief - to that of the grandmother's near obsession with her own meticulous appearance, neither paints the ideal picture of womanhood. The grandmother views herself as the most righteous person in the family. She also sees herself as the most sensible person as well, despite the reader's observation of her use of lies and trickery to get her own way, such as sneaking the cat into the car.


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