Short Story Analysis - Book Report/Review Example

Download file to see previous pages... In the story the grandmother has her own definition of morality. She believes that a moral person is one who shares mutual moral values that the grandmother believes to be true. For example the grandmother holds the idea that killing a lady is a bad deed and she believes that the Misfit would not kill her since she is a female (OConnor 50). But the misfit clearly has different codes of morals and alas does shoot her to death.
The short story even reiterates the belief in grace of God and the receivers of this grace. The Christian religion promotes the idea that God is the decider of who goes to hell and who experiences heaven and even the worst individual’s end up experiencing God’s grace (Augustine 460). In the story the grand mother has been depicted as a clear evil being because she manipulates others and believes that she is superior to others. But towards the end of the story she realizes that she has being doing wrong and discriminating against others and she realizes that individuals should not be classified by their ethnicity or race and she accepts that the Misfit is similar to her and both of them are equal and children of God (OConnor 124).
Mainly the story revolves around morality and the concept of God’s grace but throughout the story there is a clear depiction of manipulation and how people use it to benefit themselves. There are various incidences of manipulation that have been carried out by the grandmother and she is a kind of person who does not even spare her own family to manipulate other in order to gain benefits. For example: throughout her life she has been concerned about her looks and personality and has been materialistic but when she had a gun on her head she turns to religion to save herself from death.
In the short story titled “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”, the author uses several themes to paint a clear picture of what ...Download file to see next pagesRead More