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Flannery O’Connor’sInstructions

Please respond to the following questions on Flannery O’Connor’s short story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” Your response must be roughly between 200-300 words in length. Once you post your response, please rebut to, comment on, and/or ask at least two of your peers (more than two recommended) an analytical question regarding his/her thread post. Additionally, please include at least one syntax related suggestion.

Prompt: One way to understand this story is to ask what O’Connor is telling us about what constitutes a “good” person. Her definition here is largely negative. What is a good person not like, according to the story? What, then, is a good person like? How does O’Connor’s depiction of “good” relate and contribute to the concept of the wandering believer as we’ve discussed?

What does The Misfit mean when he states, “She would of been a good woman…if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life”?

What is one striking biblical concept, imagery, or symbol used in this story and how does it support the story’s theme? Explanation and citation required. (This is an optional question)

If you are dissatisfied with O’Connor’s ending of the story, how would you write the ending differently? Either rewrite it or give us a brief overview.