Short Story A Good Man Is Hard To Find

The short story A Good Man is Hard To Find took place during the 1940s. The time era was popular because it included world war II, a time stricken of segregation and women's rights movements.
The broad era of the story is focused around a time of segregation. Segregation was growing rapidly and more intense throughout the United States during the 1940s. The timing of where the story took place specifically in Georgia and Florida was experiencing more segregation because it was in the deep south. The broad setting of the story is that it took place during world war II, a time when most families were without loved ones. That same time people struggled to pay for necessities. In the the short story the family was clearly wealthy, considering

they had the luxuries of traveling frequently. However, a more specific setting is that the short story took place in very southern states. The southern values people grew up with during those time were evident in the grandmother's attitude and language.
The social environment during the 1940’s was predominantly surrounded by segregation of blacks and whites. The social environment encouraged and taught people to oppose the opposite race. The environment discouraged black leadership and stimulated the mindset and idea of white supremacy. The grandmother in the short story called blacks by racist nicknames, and belittled them. The reason she did that was because the culture she was raised in educated people in the importance of segregation and supremacy. The grandmother's attitude was crafted from her environment.
A popular political movement during the 1940s and 50s were women's rights movements. Because many men were drafted during the war woman ended up working in factories and held more positions than they normally would. In the short story the mother was not oscillated by the woman empowering movements. She is depicted as someone who did not have a say in a matter and simply took commands.
An interesting cultural statement during the 1940’s were comic books, a fairly new staple to a child's possessions. Another unique statement was the mother handkerchief in her hair, it was a common item worn in womans hair.
Understanding where the grandmother was from helped understand her outspoken feelings towards to opposite race. Knowing the setting of segregation helped understand the tension constantly roaming the conversation between the Misfit and the grandmother. Because of the war the father seemed distant, leaving him to be abrupt and angry. Knowing the setting during the 1940s aided in fathoming why the characters acted the way they did, with their attitudes and reactions to the conflict that arised.