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In Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", a large deal of irony is used to express her views on how people and culture changed. O'Connor used the grandmother as a key component in the story because of her personality and also because of her old age. O'Connor was able to show her feelings about the devaluation of respect for family and elders through the grandmother. The story's idea probes into deeper things than just respect. The beginning of the story is an essential part to expose the reader to the impression that the grandmother is little respected to by any members of the family. The grandmother begins by telling Bailey, her only son, not to take the trip to Florida because she had just learned that a crazed killer by the name Misfit is on the run in that area. But when this argument brought upon the family, "Bailey didn't look up from his reading so she wheeled around then and faced the children's mother,"(117). The mother also showed the same actions as Bailey did. An important element in this scene was when the grandmother was astounded that her family totally ignored her, that Bailey is willing to take his family into such a place with possible danger. "I wouldn't take my children in any direction
When Red's wife joked about if she would like to come and stay with her, June snapped back with, "No, I certainly wouldn't. The grandmother once again had to take it upon herself to scold June Star for making such a rude comment to the woman. It was on this bumpy and windy road where ironically the newspaper concealing the cat, Pitty Sing, moves causing him to jump on Bailey's shoulder resulting in the car being overturned. with a criminal like that aloose in it. As everyone is getting his or her bearings, a big black battered hearse like automobile slowly approach revealing three men. When the three men got out of their car, the grandmother recognizes the Misfit at once. This put a big emphasize on how life's morals are transferred from one generation to the next. As the grandmother tries to plead with the Misfit with the use of religion, it can easily be seen that they are on two very different levels with concern to religion. The people of this day and age will have to pay sometimes, and society already shows the shotgun wounds to prove it. As the two continue in their conversation, I believe that they both come to a type of understanding that the religious beliefs of yesterday are no match for the scientific context of the modern world. The family's encounter with Red Sammy serves as another outlet for O'Connor to express how trust and respect have begun to wear away. I don't reckon he meant to talk to you thataway. I remember the day you could go off and leave your screen door unlatched.
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