The different views of life in a good man is hard to find by Flannery O’Connor

Type :

School essay

Pages :

2 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

12/12/2007

Category :

Philosophy & literature

Sub category :

Literature

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Summary :

Introduction
The character of the grandmother
The children in the story
The possible threat waiting for the family
Conclusion

Abstract

flannery O'connor was born in Georgia, the same state that she wrote about some twenty years later in A good man is hard to find, as she describes with thoughtful imagery the grandmother's fierce objections to her family traveling to Florida. Having lived through the fifties, O'connor was exposed to a view of life that today might be considered profoundly racist. Before the sixties arrived, and along with them the Civil Rights Movement, the nation-especially the South-was a breeding ground for ignorant standpoints and racist points of view.
The character of the grandmother echoes these small-minded sentiments. The author makes the grandmother's view of life obvious from the start. It is obvious that the grandmother feels separated from the rest of the family. She presents herself as regal, confident, the matriarch of the family. It appears as though she is disappointed with the laidback attitude with which her son conducts his life. Her view of life is very old-fashioned, which becomes more evident as the story progresses and the family makes their way out of Georgia and into Florida.