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In five pages the grandmother and the Misfit characterizations are examined with the context of good and evil and how those assump...
OConnors most controversial and problematic short stories (Clark 66). There are really only two characters in this story-the grand...
In eight pages these three short stories are considered in terms of summary and analysis of themes. Ten sources are cited in the ...
OConnor utilizes the central theme of Christianity is as a subtle, symbolic plot to convert her readers, whom she had envisioned a...
In seven pages this short story is analyzed in terms of the author's use of symbolic images. There are two other sources cited in...
criminal is so small, few would talk about it. Another way to look at the situation is that the author hones in on one story in ...
of the Old South, which is where she bases her identity. She sees the antebellum era and everything about the Southern values in t...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
the more meaning it opens up" (Yaghjian 268). Christian symbols and portrayals of Christ abound in "A Good Man is Hard to...
that if they go to Florida, where it has been rumored that there is an escaped murderer loose, they will all be killed. The family...
is on its way, OConnor emphasizes that the grandmother is totally lacking in any sort of sympathetic or empathetic feeling. The ...
clothed. Later, the family takes a detour onto a country road in order for the grandmother to show them a "old plantation" that sh...
Iin four pages this combination research paper and essay discusses the critical thematic interpretation of this famous short story...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
4 pages in length. Evil - a self-perpetuating entity of myriad literary tales - presents itself as a force that challenges the ve...
some do not stop to consider the consequences of their actions. Brown is especially aware of this fact as he becomes "a stern, a ...
In five pages this report examines the characterization of 'The Misfit' and its significance. There are no additional sources use...
is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the...
"the trees were full of silver-white sunlight and the meanest of them sparkled"(OConnor). This would seem to symbolize the wildern...
in men. Her daughter had died in childhood and with her one son she had no articulate relations. On the night when she died she wa...
footsteps. This is demonstrated through the parallels between Huck and his father. In the part of the novel where Huck is abducted...
This well researched report examines this topic in a variety of ways. Various sources are used such as Desiree's Baby, A Good Man ...
by the lack of ethical integrity, which seemed to be a byproduct of industrial society. The wheels of progress, in Lawrences view...
this only comes in the form of regret at the end. In fact, if anyone were to be bitter about things, it would have to be the gra...
and their three children. Hearing of the escape of a dangerous Florida killer known only as The Misfit and his band of thugs prov...
who OConnor suspected believed God to be dead -- found it puzzling and bizarre. For this reason, OConnor is often classified in th...
the world during the time when Revelation was written. In a serious attempt to educate her readership to the evils forever lurkin...
of judgments find themselves in usually violent altercations that force judgment to be passed on them. She admitted, "In my own s...
the control and experimental groups and what exactly was accomplished. A student will want to point out that an attempt to explain...