"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a short story written by Flannery O' Connor and officially published in 1955. The author Flannery O' Connor grew up in a Roman Catholic family, attended a Catholic school for 16 years and had a strong Catholic faith. Most of O'Connor's literary work indicated his Roman Catholic beliefs; “A good man is hard to find” is one of the stories that have a religious message behind it. The story is mainly about two different characters; the grandmother and the Misfit, who met by chance in the middle of nowhere along the way. The grandmother is known as the “good,” innocent, religious old lady, while the Misfit is known as the “evil” escaped criminal who has no faith in God. The focus of this essay is “grace,” in personal knowledge; God has the power to grant “grace” to every human being, good or bad, and has the ability to grant it to anyone; for better or worse you go to heaven. In "A Good Man is Hard to Find", when the grandmother reaches out to touch the Misfit and calls him one of her children "a child of God" hoping to change his emotions and stop him from killing her, that moment is called a “moment of They ended up driving into the woods; I cross the dirt road and suddenly Grandma remembers that the plantation exists in Tennessee. The grandmother moved her feet in fear, the cat casually came out of the basket and jumped on Bailey's neck. Bailey lost control of driving and the car overturned, the family was fine but Bailey's wife broke her shoulder. Grandma decides not to tell anyone that the plantation was in Tennessee and not Georgia because Bailey was extremely angry. After a while of waiting, a car stops and three men get out. The grandmother begins to scream loudly because she understands that it is the Misfit and his two helpers; Bobby Lee and
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