A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor | Summary & Analysis
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe provides an in-depth analysis of the plot, characters, symbols, and themes of Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
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In Flannery O'Connor's bleakly comic short story, a family embarks upon a road trip to Florida. Everyone is there: parents and children, with grandmother in tow and a cat secretly stashed in a basket.
As they drive, the grandmother prattles on and attempts to occupy her grandchildren. She makes pointed remarks about the changing nature of the South and diverts the family to a plantation she thinks she previously visited.
However, the cat escapes its basket, causing a car crash. Their accident is discovered by a known criminal, The Misfit, and his gang.
Though the grandmother attempts to charm and manipulate the family's aggressors, the conclusion of the story demonstrates the futility of her efforts.
American author Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man is Hard to Find was first published in 1953. Well known for her short stories and novels, O’Connor grew up as somewhat of an outsider as a strict Catholic in the Bible Belt of Georgia. Themes of alienation and the often disruptive relationship between God and humankind appear in much of her writing, including “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.”
The short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find contains many important themes, including spiritual blindness, as the grandmother tries to convince The Misfit that he is good; grace, as the grandmother realizes God’s grace falls on everyone; and chance, as Bailey and the grandmother’s choices set off a chain of events that bring about their demise.
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you just helped me write a 2,000 page essay worth 40% of my semester, we had over a month to turn it in and I finished it in 4 hours
2000 word essay in 4 hours? How lol?
@@anouaressanoussi Nah, they put “2,000 page essay”… 😟 I don’t believe it!
@@theparadigm8149 loool. I read that too but prolly simple mistake
@@anouaressanoussi Yeah, but a 2,000-word requirement still seems ridiculous! 😳
@@theparadigm8149 Bruh for real. I've never had that before. That's why I asked how they did it in 4 hours which is insanely quick. I had more hours with much less words 😅
Just saved me from my English class😁
@Remington Elliott ewww
This story has haunted me for years. Thanks for the explanation for some of the esoteric meanings buried in the plot.
gotta write an essay on this and turn it in by midnight
May you show me your essay please
You are AWESOME sir! I am much better reading and understanding and finalizing these short stories.
Thank You! I could never understand this story. Until now.
Always coming in clutch for mr.gotts English class
That was a good review. I am not even going to read the whole thing anymore for my paper. Thank you!
What I wanna know is what happened to the cat
i honestly thought the climax was when the misfit is introduced
It was a good summary! thank you
Pitty Sing was a famous Japanese opera about three criminals
The mikado was not actually Japanese. It was set in Japan and the characters were Japanese, but the writers and actors were all white. Also, I've heard that "pitty sing" might just be southern baby-talk for "pretty thing"
Thank you 💯
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thank you!
very good you're a savior
This is the deus ex machina of my essay! Thank you!
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Oh very forward thinking! 😎
4:55 (just a time stamp of difference between grandmother and misfit)
What's the meaning of a secret panel here?
I'm still confused though,.. Is the Misfit really one of the Grandmother's children, or was she simply saying that in a religious sense?
no , he is not
she says it ,only to save herself, her life.
@@neelumawan7721 Yeah when I think about it , the grandmother is fully aware of her deceitful nature e.g. she is trying from the outset to manipulate her son to go where she wants to go (saying it would be good for the children to east Tennessee but she's only thinking about herself).
In the end she tried to seize on the Misfit's brief moment of weakness (caused by the religious discussion) and tried to personify Jesus or God, but he saw right through her blasphemous lies ("he felt like a snake bit him, like the devil in the garden of Eden).
@@manuelernesto188 This was an great analogy, never thought that deep into the last bit.
@@manuelernesto188 that’s not the common interpretation of the ending but is the only one that makes sense to me. She doesn’t/can’t change on a dime like most think she did.
Good question?
I like this guy. hes so enthusiastic
This guy is the FUTURE DUSTIN from stranger things Hahah! Totally reminded me of him. And by the way, beautiful explanation.
What kind of world is depicted in the story
Brilliant! thanks! 😊🙏
Nice
If I don’t pass my critical essay I’ll die
I don´t get what does this story has to do with ¨the culture of The Old South¨ can anyone help ? pls
The grandmother mentions a lot of Old South culture: plantation houses, racial slurs, the importance of marrying for wealth and good manners.
Maybe you should actually read the book boo.
The names of the Misfits helpers are also based off civil war generals, Robert E Lee and a false name Grant went under
This guy's voice tho
I wish you would talk and not sound like you're auctioning pumpkins at the fair or something.
people who did their english hw with this
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I wish you could speak intelligibly and not speaking in tongue as this...
You are extremely annoying but good job I guess
I read this story before any of you, even the video guy, were born
I guess it's ok for Millennial dumbasses (redundant term, I know) with self-diagnosed ADHD who need some grating quirky beta hipster to yell at them about stuff they are too dumb to actually read. Animation was ok. Anyone who has actually read the story should be appalled and barf
Disagree. That he did a good job. He’s annoying as hell of course. It seems he has very little understanding of this story. Or religion. Or Flannery O’Conner.
@@SandyL0uise I had hoped that the "but good job I guess" would have been obvious as sarcasm
@@Thorrific6969 Oh, goodness, no. Especially since everyone on this thread has showered him with praise for his analysis.
This analysis completely omits the racist and southern overtones. Not a good analysis at all!
Ok so read the damn book. Why include the racist parts anyway? So you can cry and complain that he mentioned it? Read the damn book and read it for yourself.