“I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best”-Flannery O’Connor. Flannery O’Connor is a brilliant author who uses her personal beliefs and troubles to bring a new element to short stories. While most authors try to portray their writing with happy endings, O’Connor uses her unique talent to portray numerous real-world themes. Her unique writing brings a creative and extraordinary element to the world of literature. O’Connor’s work explores the darker parts of humanity.
“Sooner or later you’re going to forget what it is you done and just be punished for it” This quote from O’Connor’s story “A Good Man is Hard to Find'' shows how people are often punished just to be punished rather than for the crime they have committed. Most authors try to portray that all is fair in society. O’Connor did the opposite. She used her character the “misfit” to show how humans love to have a scapegoat. The quotation shows how the misfit feels he could do any type of crime and still be punished to the same severity as a much more lethal crime. If we think of our
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They were good country people” Don’t judge a book by its cover is someone people all their life starting from them being small children. The question that lies is does society truly follow the morals they set from an early age. In the story “Good Country People” they trust a man they just met because of how he displayed his morals to be. It shows how society is likely to accept a person who fits a mold rather than one who doesn’t. Judgment is a funny thing, it is both a good and bad thing. a judgment could save your life in some situations but more often judgment is based on appearance and morals, not on red flags. People are commonly viewed as good or bad, moral or immoral. The boy in the story seemed to be a “good country” boy with impressive morals but in reality, was a thief. Judgment is part of human culture and usually, it isn’t a positive