A Good Man Is Hard To Find By Eudora Welty: What Are Family Stereotypes?

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Andrew Tran English 110 Prof. Park 16 November 2015 Having to live in a culturally diverse country such as the U.S. would influence many interpretations and adaptations to lifestyles from all over the world. Due to this, it has become customary to develop a social stereotype just being in a certain part of the world. But, everyone does their own things a little differently than the next, speak a little differently, eat different foods, and live their life a different way - but it works out. Two great example of this is in In A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor, and Why I Live at the P.O. by Eudora Welty. These two short stories seek to expose myths about family relationships. Most people would assume that many Southern families are close knit and that there is a healthy relationship between every member. Welty and O’Connor challenged those stereotypes with their two short stories. It goes to show that although family relationships aren’t always perfect and these two examples show how these families fail to recognize the importance of each other. …show more content…

The family is heading towards a vacation destination when the grandmother changes the route because of a murderer on the loose towards the direction they are going to. Throughout the story, the characters develop their own personalities and it is obvious that the grandmother finds herself superior to the rest of her family and imposes her own thoughts and opinions to the others. Why I Live at the PO by Eudora Welty has a similar motive, showing a family relationship on the fourth of July. The point of view narrative focuses on a character called Sister, who is the black sheep of the family once her more favorited sister arrives home for the holiday. The favorite sister known as Stella-Rondo, plots the family against Sister, which causes a rift in the family and causes Sister to move to the post

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