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Grace and Humanism in Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

In three pages these issues are considered within the context of characters the Misfit and the grandmother. There are three bibli...

Flannery O'Connor's 'Revelation' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...

Themes and Criticism of 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...

Louise Erdrich's 'The Red Convertible' and Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Grandmother's Changes

that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...

Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' and Its Literary Deconstruction

son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...

Spirituality, Cultural Ethnocentrism, and Narcissism in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

of the Old South, which is where she bases her identity. She sees the antebellum era and everything about the Southern values in t...

Religious Commentary in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'

"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor

This essay pertains to the literary features of this short story, focusing on its plot and symbols as the writer describes how the...

Salvation and Violence in Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories

and the girls eyes [stop] rolling. At this point Mrs. Turpin asks her, What have you got to say to me?" (Bernardo [3]). This of...

Selfishness in O'Connor and Browning

measure of arrogance. The Grandmother certainly has her own measure of arrogance but little real power. As the student constructs ...

Literary Analysis: Flannery O'Connor; Three Works

his mother. Sheppard fails to see the depth of the boys grief, and Norton hangs himself in despair. His suicide is an attempt to b...

Title Significance in Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

The grandmother thinks she has the answers and is saved, religiously or otherwise, but yet she perhaps seems to realize that this ...

Religion in “A Good Many is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor

with that in mind it becomes obvious that religion is such an important part of this story that one cannot ignore it. In first l...

Murder and Its Link to the A&P

In the OConnor story, a family comprised of a husband and wife, their two children and the husbands mother take a road trip. Altho...

Literary Criticism of the Works of Flannery O'Connor and William Butler Yeats

This paper examines how Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet compare and critique 'The Second Coming' of W.B. Yeats and 'A Good Man is Har...

Life, Works and Style of Author Flannery O'Connor

to be left to her own pursuits, which involved studies in painting, art and writing-both poetry and prose-while at Peabody" (Anony...

Contemporary Southern Literature and Women

In nine pages this paper examines how women's changing roles are reflected in the literary works Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons, A S...

Three Short Stories Set in the American South

this story that Dees mother has always secretly longed for acceptance from Dee. Mrs. Johnson was always amazed by her daughters "...

Characterization and Gender

This well researched report examines this topic in a variety of ways. Various sources are used such as Desiree's Baby, A Good Man ...

Spiritual Emptiness in The Rocking Horse Winner, by D.H. Lawrence and A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor

by the lack of ethical integrity, which seemed to be a byproduct of industrial society. The wheels of progress, in Lawrences view...

Bitterness in the Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...

'A Good is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

In five pages this report examines the characterization of 'The Misfit' and its significance. There are no additional sources use...

Prejudice and a Jury Experiment

the control and experimental groups and what exactly was accomplished. A student will want to point out that an attempt to explain...

Babylon 5 vs. Star Trek

characters who came after them. Star Trek is also known for its progressive point of view. Roddenberry often presented a sort of ...

Male Bonding in I Am One of You Forever by Fred Chappell

In five pages the bonding of men as examined from the author's Southern perspective is analyzed....

How Flannery O’Connor Reveals Herself in Her Short Stories ‘A Good Man is Hard to Find,’ ‘Good Country People,’ and ‘Greenleaf’

of judgments find themselves in usually violent altercations that force judgment to be passed on them. She admitted, "In my own s...

A Comparative Character Analysis of The Manchurian Candidate, Candide, A Good Man is Hard to Find, Good Woman of Stetzuan, and Gulliver's Travels

more than they were its beneficiaries. It is important to note that Swift lived between 1667 and 1745, a turbulent time in Englis...

Grace and Its Mystery in 'Revelation,' 'Good Country People,' 'Greenleaf' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by Flannery O'Connor

is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the...