(855) 4-ESSAYS

Type a new keyword(s) and press Enter to search

A good man is hard to find


             only because she hopes they can talk their father into visiting it again so she can see it. .
             Thus, it is very obvious that the Grandmother is an extremely self-absorbed, manipulative .
             woman. .
             Another prime example of O'Conners effective writing style is shown in her use of .
             foreshadowing. By using this technique, O'Conner forces the reader to notice or feel the .
             intensity of the feelings and sights given off by the story. An atristic nature is exhibited by .
             the use of foreshadowing.Throughout the story the O" Connor uses strong amount of .
             foreshadowing to clue the reader that they are going to meet up with the Misfit. One.
             example is when the Grandmother reads in the paper that the Misfit has escaped and he .
             is on his way down to Florida. The author wouldn't have to mention this part if it didn't .
             have some significance to the story. Another example is the fact that the father is very .
             nervous about the trip and has a bad feeling about the whole thing. What also make this a.
             major clue is the fact that this is stated after the Grandmother mentions the Misfit and his .
             escape. Later on in the story the family makes a pit stop at Red Sammy's diner. While at.
             the diner Red Sammy talks about how a good man is hard to find. He then brings up the .
             fact that a man in a run down van with two other people in it stopped for gas and he didn't.
             think that he could trust them. Then Grandmother once again mentions the Misfit to.
             Red Sammy and Red Sammy says that " I wouldnt be a bit surprised if he didnt attact this .
             place right here." (327) .
             Also in the story, O"Connor uses foreshadowing to help the reader sense that.
             death is clearly evident. The first clue is the fact that the author mentions that the.
             grandmother dressed to nicely, that in case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on.
             the highway would know at once that she was a lady. Another example is when they.
             are driving along the road they pass the family's old burial ground from the plantation.


Essays Related to A good man is hard to find

1. A Good Man is Hard to Find

I think that Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good man is Hard to Find" is written partially in order to "convert" people who have not yet fully accepted the Chrisian faith. ... "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is representative of Flannery O'Connor's concern for the priorities and values of the 1940s. An example of this, in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" involves the grandmother's strong, southern heritage. She dresses with the intention that anyone who finds her dead on the road will know she was a lady, and she is always telling stories of southern gentlemen courti...

  • Word Count: 361
  • Approx Pages: 1

2. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A Good Man Is Hard To Find A Good Man is Hard to Find Flannery O"Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find is filled with foreshadowing which the first time reader will not grasp, but leaps out of the pages for repeated readers. When first read, A Good Man is Hard to Find, the reader does not value the importance of the grandmother charter and her warning. ... (Andra) The second time reader finds himself or herself yelling at the grandmother with each step the family takes towards their deaths. ...

  • Word Count: 630
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

3. A good man is hard to find

Don't Underestimate the Grandmother Is it that hard to find a "good" man in this world? According to Flannery O" Connor, finding a "good" man is hard to do. O"Connor writes the story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find," trying to portray the difficulty in finding a "good" man. No one is perfect, but knowing the difference between good and bad is usually not a hard decision. ... The grandmother realizes the Misfit is a "good" man and tries harder to plead for her life. ...

  • Word Count: 1271
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

4. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

The title of my short story was "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O"Connor. ... In 1955 "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" and Other Stories received critical praise. ... "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" was a wonderful short story. ... She tried to talk to The Misfit about God and how being a good man can go a long ways. ... Sammy was the only one who mentioned, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." ...

  • Word Count: 820
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

5. a good man is hard to find

A Man With Good Values Is Hard To Find Throughout my life my parents, peers, and teachers have shaped my thoughts and beliefs. ... However when I compare myself to the characters in Flannery O"Connor's short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find"; our views and lifestyles appear to be complete opposites. ... In conclusion, Flannery O"Connor's choice of title "A Good Man is Hard to Find" fit her story to a "T". The only thing missing from her title is that "A Good Man with Morals and Values is Hard to Find", because that is inevitably the truth. ... "A Good Man Is Hard to Find." ...

  • Word Count: 1161
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

6. A Good Man Is Hard To Find

In Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find- we get a portrait of a 1950s postwar family who, in the midst of their own naivety, find themselves not only on the road from Atlanta, Georgia to Florida but on the road to the their own demise. ... - "A good man is hard to find."" ... She repeatedly tells The Misfit out of desperation or lack of anything else to say that she knows he is a good man and that if he would pray, everything would be fine. ... "A Good Man Is Hard to Find- means exactly what it says. It all came down to the grandmother putting all her trust in The Mis...

  • Word Count: 1205
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

7. A Good Man is Hard to Find

A Good Man is Hard to Find Flannery O"Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" displays evil by foreshadowing events that happen in the story. ... In conclusion, "A Good Man is Hard to Find" has a lot of foreshadowing. ...

  • Word Count: 594
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

8. a good man hard to find

In "A Good Man Is hard to Find," Flannery O'Conner really puts the reader in the middle class mode and throws a little religion at us. ... In reading " A Good Man is Hard to Find," we find ourselves in a setting of a lower middle class family with a dominant mother, annoying grandmother and a whinny mother-in-law. ... Consider the Christian idea of evil as opposed to a divine nation of the "good." ... She shows us how violent the recipients of this "good" can become and how they resist it and react to it , Religion that is. ... These are questions I thought O'Connor was asking in "A...

  • Word Count: 783
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

9. A Good Man is Hard to Find

Flannery O'Connor, author of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" says, "There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored," (Fitzgerald 48). In her Short sstory "A Good Man is Hard to Find", O'Connor uses an array of literary techniques to portray an array of meanings. Howeve, it is through O'Connor's use of anagoge in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" where her religious message can be seen. ... This is incorporated in "A Good Man is ...

  • Word Count: 1688
  • Approx Pages: 7
  • Grade Level: High School

10. A Good Man is Hard to Find

The story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is about a family of six, who find their lives taking a turn for the worst during a vacation trip to Florida. ... She tries to manipulate her son and his wife by saying that it would be good for the children and that going to Florida will only put them in the harm of The Misfit. ... As a simple trip to visit Florida leads to the brutal death of an entire family in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." ...

  • Word Count: 641
  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

Got a writing question? Ask our professional writer!
Submit My Question