Literary Devices In A Good Man Is Hard To Find

In connection to this week’s assignment, I have selected the short story entitled “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flanner O’Connor to read and give a concrete analysis. After reading this story, I got the idea that the story was being told mainly from the Grandmother's perspective; her son, Bailey, and his wife hardly said much while their children, John Wesley and June Star were pretty much talkative and fails to acknowledge those in authority. For instance, from my point of view, this story embraced several themes such as racial prejudice, self-interest, and the struggle to gain approval versus having a sense of belongingness. Additionally, the setting of this story occurred in Georgia, southeast of the United States (O’Connor, 1953).
As a result, the four main things that I noticed from this story is that the author made use of several literary devices such as foreshadowing, irony, and simile to describe the characters and scenery of events occurring as well as, give us insights that this family of 6 would eventually be killed by the ex-convict called the Misfit on their same day of departure and they were never

As seen in the end, the Grandmother, as one of the main protagonists in this story, only realized the importance of exhibiting grace and compassion, just before her death and it appeared that this tragic incident was what really united this family and somewhat gave the Misfit a new outlook on life. As a result, the last part of this story was what stood out for me. Additionally, throughout this story, it was continually brought to my attention that we’re living in a perilous time where people hardly embrace empathy, can’t be trusted by what they say before us, and sometimes, life goes downhill for innocent people and transforms them into monsters