Dec 23, 2009

A Good Man Is Hard to Find | A Good Man Is Hard to Find

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Author: Flannery O’Connor
First Published: 1953
Type of Work: Short Story
Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
Subjects: Traveling or travelers, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, Betrayal, Religion, Spiritual life or spirituality, Jealousy, envy, or resentment, Cats, Violence, Christianity, Accidents, Death or dying, Grandparents or grandchildren, Ethics, Theft, Arson, Mass murderers or serial killers
Locales: Georgia

The story begins with grandmother Bailey trying to dissuade her son from taking the family to Florida. Since she wants to go elsewhere, she shows her son an article about the southbound Misfit. This tactic fails to alarm Bailey, and the family, including Pitty Sing, a cat hidden in the grandmother’s valise, begins the ominous journey southward.

Bailey reluctantly follows his mother’s request to take a sightseeing detour to a plantation. Embarrassed upon remembering that the building is in another state, the grandmother kicks the valise. Pitty Sing jumps on Bailey, who, as a...

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A Good Man Is Hard to Find | A Good Man Is Hard to Find

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