A Good Man Is Hard To Find Essay -- English Literature

A Good Man Is Hard To decideThe story A Good Man is Hard To Find begins with a family planningto take a vacation to Florida. The grandmother who does not want totake the vacation in Florida is persuading the family. She has readabout a crazed killer by the name of the Misfit, who is on the run,heading for Florida. The mambas of her family ignore the grandmother.On the day of the trip, ironically, the grandmother is dressed in herSunday best. She is decked in white gloves and dark blue blue dress withmatching hat. She is the first one in the car and ready to go.OConnor is getting the reader to visualize the Southern culture. Thegrandmothers purpose of dressing this commission is to be recognized as alady, in case someone saw her dead on the highway. This tells me thegrandmothers thoughts of death are shallow. Later in the story, theMisfit says, in that respect never was a body that gave the undertaker a tip.(qtd, in DiYanni 202) The grandmothers readiness for death is anindicatio n that she does not want to go where there is a captive onthe loose. However, her read...