A Good Man Is Hard to Find.

Fiction Essay Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner said that a writer must leave no room in his workshop for anything further the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking with any composition is ephemeral and doomed- love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice. Flannery OConnor uses these universal truths in her short fable, A Good humanness Is Hard to Find. An old s egresshern woman trying to come to terms with the new culture of the s breakh dooms her family by unknowingly leading them to come face to face with a notorious criminal called The Misfit.OConnor pushes her characters to the edge using violence so that they may find grace. In the tommyrot, there is a human versus human conflict. The grandmother constantly compares her two grand minorren with the way things used to be in her time. The grandmother says, In my time, minorren were more reverent of their native states and their parents and everything else. (OConnor 119) . The grand baberen are terribly rude and are always speaking everything that is on their minds with divulge a filter. There is also a human versus environment/ troupe conflict.The grandmother comes from a time where slavery still existed, or, the grey-haired South. She was brought up differently than her grandchildren who represent the New South. Viewing the relationship between the grandmother and the grandchildren, it appears that the cultures of the emeritus South and New South are polar opposites. This brand new generation has different values due to the changes that were happening in history. Within this story there is some other(prenominal)(prenominal) human versus human conflict between the family and the Misfit.When the grandmother recognizes The Misfit and shouts it out, she instantly dooms her family. As The Misfit orders the father and son to be killed first the grandmother tries to intellectualableness with him in order to spare her life. Desperately she says, I kn ow youre a good man. You dont look a bit identical you have common blood. I know you must come from nice people (OConnor 127). Surprisingly enough, the grandmother does not seem to be interested in saving the family from this impending doom. She is only interested in saving herself and that is her motivation for trying to primer coat ith The Misfit. Only during the last moments of her life does she begin to shout out for her son. The story ends tragically because the whole family is murdered. The grandmother realized that her generation was the reason why The Misfit existed calling him one of my own children (OConnor 132). This goes back to the culture of the sure-enough(a) South, which bred the adjoining generation of the New South. The grandmother realizes that the reason why this new culture is so different is because the Old South created it, old southern values were no longer respected.When The Misfit shoots the grandmother she half sat and half lay in a puddle of blood wi th her legs crossed under her equal a childs and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky. (OConnor 132). In these moments after her death OConnor gave her grace. Even though she has been brutally murdered she has been assumption over this peace as she looks up into the sky. In this story, Flannery OConnor pushed her characters to the edge by using extreme violence. In A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable, OConnor explains her reasons for doing this.OConnor writes, I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace. (OConnor 1048). The grandmothers violent murder gave her grace and clarity. OConnor also shows us that there are humans that fear only for themselves and not others and that sometimes tragedy happens even though it is not fair. But another thing OConnor shows us is that just wish how tragedy happens, grace is also assumption to those who do not deserve it.A Good earthly concern Is Hard to Find.Fiction Essay Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner said that a writer must leave no room in his workshop for anything further the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking with any story is ephemeral and doomed- love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice. Flannery OConnor uses these universal truths in her short story, A Good Man Is Hard to Find. An old southern woman trying to come to terms with the new culture of the south dooms her family by unknowingly leading them to come face to face with a notorious criminal called The Misfit.OConnor pushes her characters to the edge using violence so that they may find grace. In the story, there is a human versus human conflict. The grandmother constantly compares her two grandchildren with the way things used to be in her time. The grandmother says, In my time, children were more venerating of their native states and their parents and everything else. (OConnor 119). The gran dchildren are terribly rude and are always speaking everything that is on their minds without a filter. There is also a human versus environment/ fellowship conflict.The grandmother comes from a time where slavery still existed, or, the Old South. She was brought up differently than her grandchildren who represent the New South. Viewing the relationship between the grandmother and the grandchildren, it appears that the cultures of the Old South and New South are polar opposites. This brand new generation has different values due to the changes that were happening in history. Within this story there is another human versus human conflict between the family and the Misfit.When the grandmother recognizes The Misfit and shouts it out, she instantly dooms her family. As The Misfit orders the father and son to be killed first the grandmother tries to reason with him in order to spare her life. Desperately she says, I know youre a good man. You dont look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from nice people (OConnor 127). Surprisingly enough, the grandmother does not seem to be interested in saving the family from this impending doom. She is only interested in saving herself and that is her motivation for trying to reason ith The Misfit. Only during the last moments of her life does she begin to shout out for her son. The story ends tragically because the whole family is murdered. The grandmother realized that her generation was the reason why The Misfit existed calling him one of my own children (OConnor 132). This goes back to the culture of the Old South, which bred the following generation of the New South. The grandmother realizes that the reason why this new culture is so different is because the Old South created it, old southern values were no longer respected.When The Misfit shoots the grandmother she half sat and half lay in a puddle of blood with her legs crossed under her like a childs and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky. (OC onnor 132). In these moments after her death OConnor gave her grace. Even though she has been brutally murdered she has been given this peace as she looks up into the sky. In this story, Flannery OConnor pushed her characters to the edge by using extreme violence. In A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable, OConnor explains her reasons for doing this.OConnor writes, I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace. (OConnor 1048). The grandmothers violent murder gave her grace and clarity. OConnor also shows us that there are humans that fear only for themselves and not others and that sometimes tragedy happens even though it is not fair. But another thing OConnor shows us is that just like how tragedy happens, grace is also given to those who do not deserve it.A Good Man Is Hard to Find.Fiction Essay Nobel Prize winner William Faulkner said that a writer must leave no room in his workshop for anyt hing just the old verities and truths of the heart, the old universal truths lacking with any story is ephemeral and doomed- love and honor and pity and pride and compassion and sacrifice. Flannery OConnor uses these universal truths in her short story, A Good Man Is Hard to Find. An old southern woman trying to come to terms with the new culture of the south dooms her family by unknowingly leading them to come face to face with a notorious criminal called The Misfit.OConnor pushes her characters to the edge using violence so that they may find grace. In the story, there is a human versus human conflict. The grandmother constantly compares her two grandchildren with the way things used to be in her time. The grandmother says, In my time, children were more deferent of their native states and their parents and everything else. (OConnor 119). The grandchildren are terribly rude and are always speaking everything that is on their minds without a filter. There is also a human versus environment/ nine conflict.The grandmother comes from a time where slavery still existed, or, the Old South. She was brought up differently than her grandchildren who represent the New South. Viewing the relationship between the grandmother and the grandchildren, it appears that the cultures of the Old South and New South are polar opposites. This brand new generation has different values due to the changes that were happening in history. Within this story there is another human versus human conflict between the family and the Misfit.When the grandmother recognizes The Misfit and shouts it out, she instantly dooms her family. As The Misfit orders the father and son to be killed first the grandmother tries to reason with him in order to spare her life. Desperately she says, I know youre a good man. You dont look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from nice people (OConnor 127). Surprisingly enough, the grandmother does not seem to be interested in saving the fam ily from this impending doom. She is only interested in saving herself and that is her motivation for trying to reason ith The Misfit. Only during the last moments of her life does she begin to shout out for her son. The story ends tragically because the whole family is murdered. The grandmother realized that her generation was the reason why The Misfit existed calling him one of my own children (OConnor 132). This goes back to the culture of the Old South, which bred the neighboring generation of the New South. The grandmother realizes that the reason why this new culture is so different is because the Old South created it, old southern values were no longer respected.When The Misfit shoots the grandmother she half sat and half lay in a puddle of blood with her legs crossed under her like a childs and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky. (OConnor 132). In these moments after her death OConnor gave her grace. Even though she has been brutally murdered she has been given this peace as she looks up into the sky. In this story, Flannery OConnor pushed her characters to the edge by using extreme violence. In A Reasonable Use of the Unreasonable, OConnor explains her reasons for doing this.OConnor writes, I have found that violence is strangely capable of returning my characters to reality and preparing them to accept their moment of grace. (OConnor 1048). The grandmothers violent murder gave her grace and clarity. OConnor also shows us that there are humans that fear only for themselves and not others and that sometimes tragedy happens even though it is not fair. But another thing OConnor shows us is that just like how tragedy happens, grace is also given to those who do not deserve it.