A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery OConnor :: Good Man Is Hard to Find Essays

A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery OConnor In the short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery OConnor, every(prenominal) object including the characters are symbols. The Grandmother, who is the one and only dynamic character, represents all of us who have repented. The story is, as Flannery OConnor has suggested a spiritual journey because of the Grandmothers Plight. In the line of descent of the story the Grandmother is obsessed with everything worldly and superficial. She cares far too much about how others perceive her, Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a maam (OConner 138).She gets dressed up for a car trip so that, on the off chance that they would be in a car wreck and that in that wreck she would be thrown from the car and laying on the pavement, she w ould be happy because the people passing would think that she is a lady. This represents us as public because daily we choose to be way too self-conscience. Think about females and make-up. Make-up is a perfect example of us caring a majuscule deal about what others think of us. She is also very selfish in her endeavors. Instead of caring about what is best for the family, she wants to go to Tennessee because she has friends there whom she would like to see. at that place are three phases of thought for the Grandmother. During the first phase, which is in the beginning, she is completely focused on herself in relation to how others think of her. The Second Phase occurs when she is speaking to The Misfit. In the story, The Misfit represents a quasi-final judgment. He does this by acting like a mirror. He lets whatever The Grandmother says bounce right off him. He never actually agrees with her or disagrees, and in the end he is the one who kills her. His second to last line , She would of been a good woman, The Misfit said, if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life, (OConner 152). talent be the way OConner felt about most of us alive, or how she felt that God must feel about us.