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  • Characters Of The Misfit And The Grandmother
    661 words
    Who Is The Real Criminal Nathan Coffin Throughout her short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find, Flannery O Connor uses subtle characterization to establish the characters of the Misfit and the Grandmother. While some of the characteristics in the story are straightforward and easily understood, others require one to look beneath the surface. Upon one's first reading of the story, he or she most likely believes that the Misfit is a dangerous, bad criminal, and the grandmother just an old woman, but...
  • Grandmother
    645 words
    In her short story 'A Good Man is Hard to Find" Flannery O'Connor's seems to portray a feeling that society as she saw it was drastically changing for the worse. O'Connor's obvious displeasure with society at the time is most likely a result of her Catholic religion and her very conservative upbringing in the 'old south. ' She seems to depict her opinion in this particular story by using the character of the grandmother to show what she saw was happening to the times. Evidence of society's 'demi...
  • Grandmother And The Man
    395 words
    On my first reading of this story, I initially felt the fear frequently seen in grandmothers in confronting danger and how they try to convince us to stay away from it: "The Misfit is a loose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to this people... ". , the grandmother said. As I have experienced in the past, once a Mom and Dad have made a decision to do something, it's difficult to change plans, and least from an elderly mother wish. The story conti...
  • Most Beautiful Tea Set
    730 words
    Kara Wheeler English 10001 Prof. King January 22, 2003 Tea For Two I remember my first tea party, I think I was seven years old. Most little girls that age have had tea parties with imaginary tea and their stuffed animals. I have fond memories of parties with my Grandmother. I used to spend a couple of weeks each summer with her. On special occasions when no one else was around, we would have a private party. She would go to her fancy china cabinet and bring out her special tea set. It was the m...
  • Children By The Grandmother During The Trip
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     Outline Thesis Statement: The world is not now, what is was yesterday. People, as a society, are continually changing. Some for the better of all man kind, and some for the worse. Once upon a time, life was simplistic. Today, however, life is full of dangers. We as people, must not take these changes for granted. I. The ever-changing society II. The grandmother's symbolic traits. The parents and children's lifestyle are representative of the new era IV. Lunch at Red Sammy's diner V. The ...
  • Sweet Old Lady
    882 words
    She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest. (49) Oh, how horrible! What type of man could kill so ruthlessly? The poor woman did not stand a chance. In a world filled violence it is a shame to see a sweet old innocent grandmother get murdered. The grandmother in Flannery O Connor's story A Good Man is Hard to Find is anything, but sweet and innocent. It is hard to understand that the grandmother ...

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