A Good Man Is Hard to Find (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Flannery O’Connor
- First Published: 1953
- Type of Work: Short stories
- 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
Form and Content
This collection of ten short stories demonstrates O’Connor’s skill at using irony, violence, and the grotesque to create opportunities for redemption in the lives of characters who are often comical and always spiritually adrift in a realistic, yet highly symbolic world. At least one character in each story is somehow deluded and in need of an awakening by the Divine to reveal the true self and offer an opportunity for change.
Five of the stories include strong Southern women whose “sins” range from simple smugness to pride in one’s physical...
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