Essay on Society’s Change in OConnors A Good Man is...

Society’s Change in OConnors A Good Man is Hard to Find In her short story â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† Flannery O’Connor seems to portray a feeling that society as she saw it was drastically changing for the worse. O’Connor obvious displeasure with society at the time the story was written is most likely her religious and conservative upbringing in the â€Å"old south.† O’Connor shows her point of view through an old woman named the grandmother. She uses the grandmother to depict Evidence of society’s demise is woven into the story, and presented through an interesting generational gap between the old and the new (the grandmother and her family). O’Connor use of irony throughout the story is a clear representation of the way in†¦show more content†¦Irony in this story is a key to upcoming events that take place. The symbols of irony in this story all represent death in some way or another. The graveyard in the middle of a field, which had six graves and it, was a family grave yard. The Grandmother remembering the old plantation house with the six columns right after they passed through Tombsboro. The tower in which the family stopped to eat (Red Sammy’s) looked like a tomb. The car in which The Misfit drove looked lock a black hearse. The grave that The Misfit dug with the tip of his shoe while talking with the grandmother symbolizes the grave in which she is about to be put in. Finally the ditch in which the car runs into represents a grave because they cannot get out and will stay there in that hole in the ground. Throughout the story we see the events unfold and learn a lot about each character. The grandmother is a self-serving, manipulative, and righteous old woman that represents the old way of life. The grandchildren represent the new way in which the grandmother does not approve. The Misfit represents the evil in the world and how it affects both the old way as well as the new. Flannery O’Connor was deeply concerned with the values an the direction of the youth of her time. She believed that Christ wasShow MoreRelatedEssay about Good Man Hard to Find779 Words   |  4 PagesGood Man Hard to Find OConnors A Good Man Is Hard to Find In A Good Man Is hard to Find, Flannery OConner really puts the reader in the middle class mode and throws a little religion at us. By this I mean that she takes us to an important part of her mind and soul. One could even say that she lets the Devil come out in her own little way. 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, annoyingRead MoreFlannery OConnors A Good Man Is Hard to Find Essay1418 Words   |  6 PagesThe Dysfunctional: Psychoanalysis of Flannery O’Connor’s â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† Murder of women, children, and even a baby is a harsh image used by Flannery O’Connor in â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find.† The imagery is an effective literary device used to convey ironic tragedy, the struggle of female characters, and the family unit. The story follows a family on a trip to Florida when their journey, interrupted by an ill-fated detour resulting in a car wreck, ends in murder after they cross pathsRead MoreLiterature: Flannery O’Connor and Chuck Palahniuk ´s Work1259 Words   |  6 PagesChuck Palahniuk’s works we can see this very evidently. Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find is a short story about a family who is shot and killed by a criminal, named The Misfit, on a family road trip. This story is filled with themes such as immorality, subtle manipulation, and egocentrism. Through the character known simply as ‘The Grandmother’, I believe that O’Connor’s goal is to try and enlighten the reader of society’s faults. Much like The Grandmother, we as humans have the tendency