Data Bases • Custom Term Papers • Free Term Papers • Free Research Papers • Free Essays • Free Book Reports • Plagiarism? Links • Top 100 Term Paper Sites • Top 25 Essay Sites • Top 50 Essay Sites • Search 97,000 Papers @ DirectEssays.com • Search 101,000 Papers @ ExampleEssays.com • Search 90,000 Papers @ MegaEssays.com Free Essays • Term Paper Sites • Chuck III's Free Essays • Free College Essays • TermPaperSites.com • My Term Papers • Get Free Essays • Essay World • Planet Papers	Search Lots of Essays Back to Subjects - Miscellaneous jeamz jeamz Is A Criminal Always a Villain, And Can A Southern Lady Be a Villain My interpretation of the relationship between the Grandmother and the Misfit in “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is in favor of Flannery O’Connor’s interpretation. Grandmother is the real villain of the story; while the Misfit is a man who feels he has a name to uphold and has learned many of life’s lessons. Throughout “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” Flannery O’Connor attempts to establish the characters of the Misfit and the Grandmother. In Flannery O’Connor’s critical Essay, “The Element of Suspense in “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” he clearly states that many teachers have told their students that, “Grandmother is evil, that in fact, she is a which, even down to the cat” (1). When I first read “A Good Man Is Hard To Find,” I thought that the Misfit was a dangerous, bad criminal, and the Grandmother just an old woman. By looking closer at the story I learned the Grandmother is the real villain of the story. The Misfit is a man who feels he has a name to uphold and has learned many of life’s lessons. Flannery O’Connor states in “The Element Of Suspense in “A Good Man Is Hard To Find, her wits are no match for the Misfit’s, nor is her capacity for grace equal to his” (1). The Grandmother introduces the Misfit early in the story when she states, “That fellow that calls himself the Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen…”(492); ”I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it” (492). Leading me to believe that the Misfit must be an awful criminal. June Star and John Wesley, the Grandmother’s grandchildren state, “She wouldn’t stay at home for a million bucks. Afraid she’d miss something. She has to go everywhere we go” (392). It appears early in the story that the Misfit is a bad man; while the Grandmother is just an old woman who enjoys spending time with her family. Although the Grandmother seems to be a sweet, old Southern Lady, there is several times where she seems to be both manipulative and hypocritical. To start with, when the family is in the car, the Grandmother tells June Star and John Wesley, “In my time, children were more respectful of their native states and their parents and every thing else& Bibliography: Word Count: 415
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