Analysis of " A Good Man is Hard to Find"

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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” is another example of O’Connor’s way of writing stories. She has the reputation of being a Christian – belief writer. (Rath and Shaw) Her Catholic (Forkner, and Samway) religious values are expressed in her works whether it is exposed straight forward, forecasted or underlying it is there. In religious beliefs there is a representation of the Trinity; which means God represents three people in one: The Father (God), the son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. There are also three values in religious beliefs: faith, death and salvation. Faith is that you believe in the Lord and live your life to the good graces of his commandments. Second is death, which everyone faces on earth and how you lived your life will you end up in heaven or hell. Third is salvation, which is if you believe in the Lord that there is everlasting life after death or be condemned to Hell. O’Connor shows us these factors through out the story by using many symbols and implying situations to express them.
First, lets take a look at symbols of three’s which stands for trinity. In the story, there are three characters that play the main roles. There is a grandmother, The Misfit and Jesus. The grandmother proclaims herself as a lady and a believer, The Misfit is a criminal that escaped from jail, and Jesus is representing the faith in both characters. There are many other underlying symbols of three’s throughout the story, such as, the three commands that the grandmother shouts out in the very beginning paragraph” Now look here, see here, read this” (O’Connor, 543) There are three people setting in the front seat and three in the back seat on a trip to Florida. “She sat in the middle of the back seat with John Wesley and June Star” and “ Bai...

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