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Flannery O’Connor was a devout Christian writer who believed everyone was on some sort of quest. If a person was not on a quest, they had no control or order within their life whatsoever. O’Connor voices her opinion through the development of her characters. The majority of O’Connor’s characters are on a quest. According to O’Connor, there are three types of quests that every person should embark on. The three types of quests are, a quest for God, a quest for self-knowledge, and a quest for better relationships with others. If a character in one of her short stories is not on a quest, he/she meets a very gruesome and violent demise because of their lack of order and control in their life. “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” a short story by O’Conner, written in 1953, demonstrates the beliefs O’Connor made known to her readers pertaining quests in life. The short story, “A Good Man,” tells the story of a family of six who set out on an out-of-state trip; as they were making their way out of town, the family is in an accident and is left stranded in a dark highway. They encounter “the Misfit...

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