e? These are questions I thought O'Connor was asking in "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Grandma, I believe it is all her making and doing. She brought the family to the situation. She provoked the Killer. The killer's statements about his life especially his own father reflects he too was subject to religious questions. and the fact that the lifestyles of the southern whites were descending is evidence of society's "demise" is blended into the story, and presented through an interesting generation gap. The gap to me is between the son, mother, kids and killer. The Son was a whimp and a momma's boy I could sense that from the start. The Son pays little attention to the grandmother and when he does he is often quite rude. I guess that is how his generation acted in those days and time. The unruly children are representative of the breakdown of respect, and discipline, and are consequently a forecast of future generations. The way they treated the old woman was just like their parents. I feel that they are giving the parents a little taste of their own medicine. The Misfit represents evil. At one point the Misfit likens himself to Christ, in that they both were punished for crimes they did not commit. Christ accepted death for the sins of all people, however, and not only did the Misfit not do that, but he also killed other innocent people. Near the end of the ordeal, the grandmother recognizes the shirt the Misfit has put on as her son's shirt. Upon observing this image, she realizes that to be truly Christlike, she is going to have to forgive the Misfit and accept him as a child of God. I think O'Connor was trying to show how deeply concerned with the values and the direction of the youth of that time. She may have started believing that Christ was no longer enough of a priority to the people of her generation. If I look at the quote from O'Conner "My subject in fiction is the action in theory is held largely by the devil" I stron...
