Submitted by frankizzzzle on December 13, 2007

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A Good Man Is Hard To Find

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

In Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard to Find the contrast of good and evil is not as evident as it appears. The road on which the family in the story travels symbolizes good until the family makes a detour onto a dirt road that leads to their demise. Grandmother is the reason for the detour. She is the unlikely antagonist. A serial killer named, The Misfit, is the protagonist despite his homicidal actions. Both characters help illustrate how a relationship with God is good and sac religious behavior is evil.

The Grandmother leads the family down the dirt road by enticing the children with stories of a plantation she visited...

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