Works Cited Entry for Short Story:
O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. Print.
Three General Comments About the author
Flannery O Connor is considered of the 20th century greatest author of the short story. Due to her inspiration in the anthology of short stories, O’ Connor received sever awards; she had several book collections, which detailed her legacy as an author and a true inspirational figure to the society (Simpson 111).
Works Cited Entry for this Statement
Simpson, Melissa. Flannery O'connor: A Biography. Westport, Conn. [u.a.: Greenwood, 2005. Print.
Also, Flannery O Connor is the only great Christian author this nation has produced, and her stake in the Christian publication was evident upon her association with the Catholic nuns to have their plights documented by O’Connor (Kirk 15).
Work Cited
Kirk, Connie A. Critical Companion to Flannery O'connor. New York: Facts on File, 2008. Print.
Most of her stories are based on religious mainly concerned with fundamentalist Protestants many of whom she admired, and the biblical story as a realistic predisposition to human life (Michaels 10).
Works Cited Entry for this Statement:
Michaels, J R. Passing by the Dragon: The Biblical Tales of Flannery O'connor. Eugene, or: Cascade Books, 2013. Print.
Original Publication Information for Short Story:
A good man is hard to find was first published in 1953 in the Avon Modern Writing 1 (O'Connor, and Frederick 4). It was nominated for the national book award for fiction in the United States. It was released in the Bekerly book of modern writers. This book was one of the kind that O’Connor had published, and it entailed a discussion of the Southern Gothic tradition as well as the religious entrenchment in the society.
Works Cited entry for this statement:
O'Connor, Flannery, and Frederick Asals. A Good Man Is Hard to Find. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1993. Print.
Summary of the Short Story.
The short story “A Good man is hard to find” begins with the start of a journey that the grandmother was reluctant to go. She prefers going to Tennessee to see her friends rather than Florida. The reason for her fear is that there is a Misfit, who is loose and is headed to Florida which is also their destination. ‘I would not take my children in any direction with a criminal like that a free’ (Bloom 54). The grandmother takes her kids to Florida where she lose them all in the hands of a Misfit. While on her route to Florida, the grandmother involves in a tragic accident after the cat escape inferno. This point witnesses the appearance of ex-convict Misfit who decides to pull out his cronies from the wreckage, but the grandmother never misses a word and tells him that she has just recognized his face. This open revelation leads to yet another tragedy as Misfit decides to shoot the grandmother who is embroiled in this tussle, “it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life (Bloom 55)”. This point climaxes the story, and its tragic note becomes a lesson to an elusive term a “good man”.
Work cited for this Statement
Bloom, Harold. Flannery O'connor. Broomall, PA: Chelsea, 2008. Print.
