A Good Man Is Hard To Find By Flannery O Connor

Minor characters can play an important role in a story whether we see it at first glance or not. In the story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, there are a few minor characters that have roles to direct an important message. This 1995 short story by O’Connor shows a family vacation that quickly meets a violent end by a criminal know as “The Misfit.” The little blonde, curly haired, sassy, bratty daughter, June Star, was often over looked, but she actually influenced the protagonists, the misfit and grandmother, during the story. On the way to Florida, for a family vacation the grandmother convinced, Bailey, her son, and the children’s father, to take a detour down a dirt road. June Star is Bailey's daughter, and the grandmother's

Although the daughter of Bailey and the grandmothers granddaughter, is cute, she's just plain nasty to everybody, as we learn pretty early on in the story from the way she treats her grandmother: "She wouldn't stay at home for a million bucks," June star said. "Afraid she'd miss something. She has to go everywhere we go" (O’Connor 7). The grandmother was opposed to going where her son wanted to go, and she too is demanding just like her granddaughter. The grandmother knew that her son would no longer listen to her, so she got the children to plead her case. June star begged to go down the dirt road to see the “secret panel” that was explained by the grandmother. “John Wesley kicked the back of the front seat and June Star hung over her mother’s shoulder and whined desperately into her ear that they never had any fun even on their vacation, that they could never do what they wanted to do” (O’Connor 427). So Bailey, the father, gave into his will and did what they begged. As they were traveling along the dirt road that was not in the plans, the grandmother, again, caused something serious to happen. When she woke up from a quick nap,