Argument Essay On A Good Man Is Hard To Find

When people do bad things, or have bad thoughts does this make them a bad person? This is a loaded question when thinking about a couple characters in a great fictional short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Mary Flannery O’Connor. The well-dressed grandmother (by name only) can be judgmental, dishonest and demanding. She will rally thoughts in her mind, and try to convince others around her what she believes in true. They call a violent man the Misfit; he has the need to kill. Where is self-aware of his actions, the grandmother is not.

Bailey (the father) wants to take his wife and three children (baby, John Wesley and June Star) to visit Florida, but the grandmother did not want to go. She kept insisting they go see some of her family

The mother put in some money to play some music; she played the Tennessee Waltz. The grandmother asked her son Bailey if he would dance with her, he just looked at her with no response. June wanted to tap dance and asked her mom to put some music in she could tap to. After playing music, Sammy (owner of the restaurant) sat down with the family and proceeded to say you don’t know who to trust now days. He said he let some guys charge gas one day and did not know why he did that; the grandmother said it was because he was a good man.

Sammy asked if they heard about the Misfit escaping and said he would not be surprised if he did not stop in to his restaurant. Sammy said “a good man is hard to find,” people used to leave their home unlocked and not worry about anyone coming in on their family. They got back on the road for a while; the grandmother was napping then awake to remember a plantation being close by. The children wanted to stop, but Bailey did not want to waste any drive time to stop and look at the

It had three men inside; the driver began to gaze at the family. The driver got out of the car and stood beside it. All three men had guns; the children screamed again saying “we had an ACCIDENT.” The kids started to make him nervous with the questions they were asking; so he told the mother to get the kids over beside her. June asked him why he was telling them what to do.

The grandmother thinks she recognizes the driver; then it hit her that he is the Misfit. She stood and made it known to him that she knew who he was. The Misfit said it would have been better if they had not recognized him. Bailey said something harsh enough to his mother that shocked everyone. Grandmother began to cry while the Misfit said not to get upset, because some men say things they don’t mean.

The grandmother continues to convince the Misfit that he is not a bit common and could see good in his eyes. His parents were both good people, but told him he was a different kind of person. Misfit had Bobby Lee take Bailey and John Wesley in the woods, June was screaming for her daddy. Later after grandmother continued to talk to Misfit about Jesus, they heard a gunshot then another; grandmother screamed for Bailey. The mother was breathing heavy; Misfit asked them to take the mother and June to the woods with her husband. Later they hear a gunshot then