The short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor is about a family that takes a trip to Florida. The grandmother is a bitter woman who does not want to go to Florida, but the family still is going. She is bossy when she tells her son Bailey to read the article about the convict, Misfit, traveling to Florida. The grandmother is selfish and has a lot of pride. She is hypocritical, discriminating, and insulting. She is set in her own ways and wants life to revolve around her. The grandmother is alone and she wants to be apart of the family. The grandma goes everywhere the family goes including Florida. Although the grandmother does not want to go to Florida, she ironically dresses in her best attire. She is dressed in a navy dress, hat, white gloves, and a sachet. The grandma intentionally dresses for anyone who finds her dead on the road will know she is a lady. "In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady"(382). The grandmother selfishly thinks that wearing her best Sunday clothes will prevent any misunderstandings about her status as a lady. This is foreshadowing the grandmother's death.
             The grandmother is a strong southern woman. The family wrecks the car on a side road. A group of men act like they are going to help the family. Grandmother recognizes one of the men as the Misfit. She is a religious woman who believes in God and His son Jesus. She turns to her religion to help her and asks the Misfit if he prays. The Misfit and grandmother have different views on religion. The grandmother recognizes the shirt the Misfit is wearing as her son's shirt. After seeing this new image, she realizes that in order to be true Christ like, she is going to have to forgive the Misfit and accept him as a child of God. The Misfit looks as though he is about to cry and she reache
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