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A Good Man is Hard to Find

O'Connor's work is that of very dark humor, irony and grotesque characters andsituations. Her themes are of a religious nature, with characters who experience horrible,soul wrenching moments that lead them to an epiphany. For O'Connor the merging ofgood and evil does not necessarily mean that good prevails; happy endings aren't aningredient of her tales. O'Connor was raised as a Southern Catholic and was devoted toher faith. She recognized the paradox of the Southern personality and culture regardingetiquette and religion. She was quoted as saying the South "may not be Christ - centeredbut was most certainly Christ haunted." We see that the grandmother and the Misfit arehaunted by Christ in "A Good Man...." Neither are Christ - centered and yet thegrandmother is portrayed as the more qualified of the two to accept Christ's salvation.The question is 'is she more qualified? She would certainly say so. Her moment ofredemption comes at the hands of a character who is evil beyond belief. However, thegrandmother is quite evil herself. Her evilness has been disguised as that of an innocentgrandmother which makes the reader uncomfortable in judging her harshly. Thegrandmother does indeed have her moment of rede


She invokes the name of Jesus in an attempt to save the Misfitand herself. Youcannot let her get away with this simply because she's ignorant and incapable ofcomprehending results of her own actions. We see that, the Misfit seesthat, the only one blind to these manipulations is grandmother herself. (The grandmother rocks quietly, her hands folded in prayer. If she cared so much for Bailey whywould she sneak Pitty Sing along in the car?. " This would appear to be a limited omniscient narration and yet for themost part the narration is third person. The narrator isn't completely detached and seemsto delight in showing us the bad side of the family, particularly the grandmother. (The grandmother puts forth her most convincing 'pity me' face and 'innocently' wipes atear with one gloved hand.

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