A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor under his orders. the roof of his son, disrespected by his grandchildren and lonely in a house full of people, clinging to memories of days long gone, similar to Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie. As the story unfolds, we begin to see Bailey's indifference towards his family in general and in particular towards his mother - rightly so, as the "old lady" harassed her son and his family at the no hilarity and breathtaking laughter. the cat remained in the bag and the car did not leave the road. This interesting story of a woman, mentally abused and disrespected by her family, who makes the fatal error of judgment by smuggling a cat into the automobile, resulting in the unforeseen horror visited upon them by the escaped convict, " Misfit” and his acolytes, culminating in a self-fulfilled prophecy: negative thoughts give rise to deleterious actions. In 1955, when Ms. O'Connor wrote this story, citizens of the United States were experiencing peacetime euphoria after World War II and the Korean War, prosperity was abundant, and people who worked daily were learning to experiencing vacations and weekend getaways: life was wonderful and beautiful. No one wanted to know about the horrible truth that lay beneath the thin eggshells of human existence – blinded by consumerism; people didn't want to be reminded of the wickedness deep in some people's souls, embodied by "Misfit" in this tale from Ms. O'Connor's brilliant imagination. The “old lady” depicted in A Good Man is Hard to Find, unknowingly explained their disappearance with a self-fulfilling prophecy, stating: “Here…in the middle of a sheet……296). if? What if this family had followed Grandma's desire to visit Tennessee? What if The Misfit hadn't escaped federal custody? What if Pitty Sing hadn't been smuggled into the car? What if Bailey had stopped the car and kicked his kids' asses? What if Bailey hadn't given in to the wishes of his mother and children? One might wonder: What if Ms. O'Connor had written a nicer ending to her story? What if this story wasn't chosen for inclusion in this anthology? Flannery O'Connor said a message in her story: "Live like there's no tomorrow!" » Anything can happen, even to good, hard-working Americans. Works Cited O'Connor, Flannery. A good man is hard to find. Schilb, John and Clifford, John. Making Literature Matter, an anthology for readers and writers. Fifth edition. Bedford/St. Martin's. 2012. Print. Pages 1283-1296.

Essay / A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor under his orders. the roof of his son, disrespected by his grandchildren and lonely in a house full of people, clinging to memories of days long gone, similar to Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie. As the story unfolds, we begin to see Bailey's indifference towards his family in general and in particular towards his mother - rightly so, as the "old lady" harassed her son and his family at the no hilarity and breathtaking laughter. the cat remained in the bag and the car did not leave the road. This interesting story of a woman, mentally abused and disrespected by her family, who makes the fatal error of judgment by smuggling a cat into the automobile, resulting in the unforeseen horror visited upon them by the escaped convict, " Misfit” and his acolytes, culminating in a self-fulfilled prophecy: negative thoughts give rise to deleterious actions. In 1955, when Ms. O'Connor wrote this story, citizens of the United States were experiencing peacetime euphoria after World War II and the Korean War, prosperity was abundant, and people who worked daily were learning to experiencing vacations and weekend getaways: life was wonderful and beautiful. No one wanted to know about the horrible truth that lay beneath the thin eggshells of human existence – blinded by consumerism; people didn't want to be reminded of the wickedness deep in some people's souls, embodied by "Misfit" in this tale from Ms. O'Connor's brilliant imagination. The “old lady” depicted in A Good Man is Hard to Find, unknowingly explained their disappearance with a self-fulfilling prophecy, stating: “Here…in the middle of a sheet……296). if? What if this family had followed Grandma's desire to visit Tennessee? What if The Misfit hadn't escaped federal custody? What if Pitty Sing hadn't been smuggled into the car? What if Bailey had stopped the car and kicked his kids' asses? What if Bailey hadn't given in to the wishes of his mother and children? One might wonder: What if Ms. O'Connor had written a nicer ending to her story? What if this story wasn't chosen for inclusion in this anthology? Flannery O'Connor said a message in her story: "Live like there's no tomorrow!" » Anything can happen, even to good, hard-working Americans. Works Cited O'Connor, Flannery. A good man is hard to find. Schilb, John and Clifford, John. Making Literature Matter, an anthology for readers and writers. Fifth edition. Bedford/St. Martin's. 2012. Print. Pages 1283-1296.

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