A Good Man Is Hard To Find

Naomi Long
Professor Lockhart
English 1102  
February 07, 2012
 
                                              A Goodman is difficult to Find
 
                 theorize driving for hours on va roveion only to be dispatch by a serial killer. Unfortunately this is the reality of Flannery OConnors character, a nameless gran, in A Good Man is Hard to Find. Driven by her self-righteousness, the grandmother considers herself chastely superior to others because she is a faithful lady. As the fabrication unfolds the readers discover that the grandmother is morally corrupt, and awakens to her moral corruption through the antagonist, The Misfit. OConnors use of foreshadowing and pictorial matter conveys the general idea that their is a thin line in the midst of self-righteousness and self-destruction.
The element of foreshadowing begins when the grandmother pleads with her son, Bailey, to travel to Tennessee instead of Florida where The Misfit is lurking. hither this fellow that calls himself The Misfit is a gentle from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it. I wouldnt take my children in whatever direction with a criminal like that aloose in it.



I couldnt answer to my conscience if I did (OConnor). Ironically the grandmother mentions that The Misfit is loose in Florida, but is not aware that he volition lead to her demise. Mentioning the The Misfit in the beginning of the story foreshadows that he ordain appear at some point in the story and cross paths with the grandmother and her family. On the day of the trip the grandmother brings along her cat, Pitty Sing, who is partially responsible for the familys car accident. When the grandmother leads the family widely on abandoned road in hopes of lost memories she startles the cat that causes the family to crash, and cross paths with The Misfit. Once in the car, the grandmother is described as having a big black valise that looked like...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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