Problem
Answer the following questions, in complete sentences, based on the Flannery O'Connor's short story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find." For each question, provide your answer and then provide specific evidence to support your answer. Be complete in your support of each point. Omit the numbers and questions for each response, making a new paragraph when answering a new question.
In your answers, use at least two and no more than three under three typed line quotes from each one of your critical articles (from Weeks 5 and 6) - with correct in text citation and a Works Cited page. These can appear in any answer, but no answer should have more than one quote in the response.
Include a Works Cited page for any sources (format the story by its website - the author's last name is O'Connor; the critical summaries should have their citations to use when citing from them).
A. What kinds of behavior or ways of acting toward others do the characters in this story display? Which character(s) support this behavior and what character(s) do not? Provide reasoning and support for each (Grandmother, Misfit, each family member, Hiram, Bobby Lee, Red Sammy and his wife) character in terms of their beliefs.
B. Are there differences in your values and the values of the main characters in this short story? Explain.
C. What must the reader believe in to make this plot more believable? What kind of beliefs would a reader have to have to sympathize with any or each of the characters? Explain your answers.
D. What role does Christianity or religious belief play in this story? Name any specific examples you can find to that religious structure and explain what part they play in the story. These may be obvious, implied, symbolic, interpreted, or spoken, etc.
E. What does the Misfit mean by the last set of words he speaks (very last words he speaks in the story)? Does the Grandmother have any redeeming qualities? What about the Misfit? Explain your answer.
F. In what ways does this story display questions or fears people have about faith in God, through what characters or acts in the story?