Mary Flannery O'Connor was a South American writer and essayist who grew up in Georgia in the 1900s. Her faith as a Roman Catholic influenced most of her writings, as she wrote extensively on morality, faith and ethics. O'Connor's writing style is primarily Southern Gothic fiction, although she dislikes this label and prefers to refer to her writing as "Catholic realism". The characters in his stories are described as grotesque. This can be seen in his story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” His goal in writing this story is to make the reader understand that certain moments in a person's life can cause a transformation in their personality, behavior and beliefs. O'Connor tells the reader, through the use of symbolism, diction, and tone, the irony and meaning of "A good man is hard to find." This leaves the question of whether it is difficult to find a good man or woman. To begin with, the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” takes place in Georgia. It's about a father, mother and two children planning a vacation to Florida. The grandmother who lives with the family doesn't want to go to Florida. She wants to go to Tennessee instead and uses manipulation as a means to try to get what she wants. "Now look here Bailey. . . Here this man who calls himself The Misfit is released from the Federal Pen and is heading to Florida. . . I would not take my children in any direction with a criminal like that in freedom” (O’Connor 134). scare tactics against him Manipulation is one of the themes highlighted in this story The story is told in third person, limited omnisci...... middle of paper ......ch of which. speaks O'Connor At that moment, the grandmother's character seems to miraculously change from selfish and superficial to loving and Christian. That's when The Misfit shoots her. in English at East Georgia College, states that "O'Connor's stories follow the same basic plot: a proud main character, often bigoted and usually female, finds redemption when an act of violence is committed against her” (paragraph 1). The grandmother is indeed a proud main character who found redemption just before her death. Finally, the story ends with The Misfit saying, “She would have been a good wife.” . . if there had been someone there to shoot him every minute of his life” (O’Connor 146). The Misfit realized that in the face of death, the grandmother had the capacity to be a good woman. His son and all his