Examples Of Conflict In A Good Man Is Hard To Find

The story that intrigued me the most was, A Good Man Is Hard To Find, by Flannery O’ Connor. I think there are some interwoven conflicts in this story, the main one being, the grandmothers inter conflict between what she thinks is morally the appropriate way of thinking and dealing with someone else 's(the misfits) idea of what is morally correct. I think what these folks are saying about the fundamental problems of being a human is, there is a difficulty in the fact that everyone has a different moral system that they live by, based on their life experience. There were many questions in our discussion that I found very interesting. Like, “Why do you think the mother decided to freely walk into the woods when asked "would you and that little

She comes off very brass and judgmental. It almost seems as if she takes some type of moral high ground. One example of this is, when they are driving in the car the kids are talking to grandma about what a lousy state both Georgia and Tennessee are. The grandmother comments saying, “In my time, children were more respectful of their native states and their parents and everything else.” Then shortly after that she calls the little boy on the side of the road a Pickaninny. A Pickaninny is an offensive term referring to a small black child. So in one breath while expressing to the children they need to be more respectful, and at the same time saying something that is very disrespectful. Another aspect that makes her unlikable is her lying. An example of this being when, “She said craftily, not telling the truth but wishing that she were, "and the story went that all the family silver was hidden in it when Sherman came through but it was never found...” She lies to her family just so she can get what she wants, which is to go visit the plantation house. This is the lie that ultimately leads to the car crash and then leads to their death. Even Though, I could tell by reading the discussion that many people thought she was not a very good lady, she thought she was a very good and moral woman. On the other hand, this misfit, he is obviously clearly misguided and screwed

I believe what the misfit means when he says this statement is, that when people are faced with death, they all of a sudden want to do the right thing. Sometimes, I think for religious reasons, maybe they fear that they need to be good before they die in order to go to heaven. Sometimes I think it is just the wake up call you need to gain a different perspective on the world. The whole story all the grandmother could see was her own perspective on life and to her that was the right perspective. It wasn 't until he had a gun pointed to her face, that she wanted to take the opportunity to maybe see things from the misfits perspective and try and see that good in him. I think this teaches an important lesson to all of us, that we should live life like we could die at any moment. If everyone lived life like that, you might be a little nicer to people, spend a little be more time with your family, less time complaining, and more time doing that things you have always wanted to