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funenglish
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What does the author have to say about grace in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"?

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Posted by funenglish on Tuesday September 18, 2007 at 6:53 PM and tagged with a good man is hard to find, grace.

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  1. sagetrieb Teacher
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    For O'Connor, "grace" is what all of us lack and need.  We have all fallen from grace by original sin and need it for redemption.  She does not see this in a typically religious way, however, giving secular understanding to the word. "Grace" mean human compassion and understanding, and that is what everyone lacks until the end of the story when the Misfit cries and the grandmother acknowledges him as her baby--they have in that moment a human connection that embodies grace---however short-lived it is.

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    Posted by sagetrieb on Wednesday September 19, 2007 at 4:18 AM