Monday, July 27, 2009
A good man is hard to find
O' Connor is using the grandmother in the story "A good man is hard to find" to show what it means to be a good christian and that it is never to late. The grandmother is religious but only on outward appearance. Her own life dipicted in the story is that of a selfish woman and it most seen as she begs for her own life in the presence of Misfit, over her own grandchildren. The grandmother seems completly self absored, she is only concerned with a christian appearance and not a Christian life. O' Connor is showing how Christianity is not an appearance but rather a chosen life style, where your actions by intentions represent your belief not the one's appearance. O' Connor also shows that even if someone does appear to live a christain life but is not living it in their heart, that it is never to late to change and start living a life of actions by intentions, a christian life. This is shown by the grandmothers final act of reaching out for Misfit and calling him her son, showing she now realizes that she was not living a christian life but only trying to appear to be religious. Also, Misfit states that she would have been a good women, meaning she would have lived a christian life forthwith.
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This is interesting. I agree completely with the picture you have made of the grandmother. She is a selfish woman, ignorant, and unconcerned with her actions until it is seemingly too late. It is by her doing that they are in that predicament in the first place and she selfishly pleads for her own life over the reast of the familys.
ReplyDeleteThe christian realism really sticks out in this story. I agree with the grandmother and i believe it relates to real life.
ReplyDeleteThe comparison between the grandma's selfish behavior and the final grace given by the grandmother shows that it was never too late to change and be a good christian.
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