Saturday, January 4, 2020
Flannery O Connor s A Good Man Is Hard - 1601 Words
Thousands of men are imprisoned each year due to theft, assault, and so many other horrific deeds. Everyone knows the most extreme is murder. Flannery Oââ¬â¢Connor, the author of ââ¬Å"A Good Man Is Hard to Find,â⬠tells a horrific story of a deceiving grandmother who takes a road trip to Tennessee with her family. Evidently, the lie she told ends up leading her whole family including herself to a horrible death by ââ¬Å"The Misfitâ⬠. The antagonist in the story, the Misfit, is an escape convict on the run and will do whatever it takes to get him where he is going and will kill anyone who gets in his way. Even if it means killing a baby and a lady. Some believe the story is such a chilling tale because of the story telling techniques Oââ¬â¢Connor uses toâ⬠¦show more contentâ⬠¦This sets an image in the readerââ¬â¢s mind that the Misfit is extremely odd and mysterious. Gresham further explains a scene where the family finds themselves stranded far from thei r destination, with a wrecked car and coming face to face with the Misfit. Gresham emphasizes Oââ¬â¢Connorââ¬â¢s technique of ââ¬Å"buried actionâ⬠when he talks about the killing of the grandmotherââ¬â¢s family in the woods, though not describing what exactly happens; he says we all can imagine how it must have been. Gresham expresses his thoughts during this scene as if he is frozen before a ââ¬Å"coiled snakeâ⬠(Gresham n.p.). Furthermore, Gresham describes the fate of the grandmotherââ¬â¢s death as she reaches out to touch the Misfit. He immediately shoots her three times through the chest. Gresham mentions how the Misfit begins to clean his glasses right after he kills her. What might this mean? Gresham seems to think it may be ââ¬Å"his desire to see, literally and figuratively, the whole reality--about the world he has unearthed, and more importantly, about who he isâ⬠(Gresham n.p.). Gresham believes there is no religious or spiritual vision in Oââ¬â¢Connorââ¬â¢s narrative. Rather he admits, ââ¬Å"Here I surrende r instead to an agnostic realms in which malicious strangers exist and horror happens and explanations, finally, are largely beyond meââ¬âif not beyond Flannery Oââ¬â¢Connorâ⬠(Gresham n.p.). Gresham makes several unbelievably great points throughout his
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