Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Monday, November 5, 2007
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
by Flannery O'Conner
"The children's mother put a dime in the machine and played "The Tennessee Waltz," and the grandmother said that tune always made her want to dance." (O' Conner 907)
When I began reading the story I thought right away that the grandmother was a stereotypical nagging grandmother. From the way she complained about the trip to Florida to her son Bailey's disregard to the things that she was saying. She was constanly scolding the children telling them they do not behave properly and that in her day people were much more respectable. In the end she does not redeem herself because she basically only tries to save herself from The Misfit and doesn't show a lot of emotion towards her family dying. I liked this sentence above because I think that it helps bring a little light to the grandmother. It's nice to think that she isn't all evil and maybe, at one point, let loose a little and danced.
by Flannery O'Conner
"The children's mother put a dime in the machine and played "The Tennessee Waltz," and the grandmother said that tune always made her want to dance." (O' Conner 907)
When I began reading the story I thought right away that the grandmother was a stereotypical nagging grandmother. From the way she complained about the trip to Florida to her son Bailey's disregard to the things that she was saying. She was constanly scolding the children telling them they do not behave properly and that in her day people were much more respectable. In the end she does not redeem herself because she basically only tries to save herself from The Misfit and doesn't show a lot of emotion towards her family dying. I liked this sentence above because I think that it helps bring a little light to the grandmother. It's nice to think that she isn't all evil and maybe, at one point, let loose a little and danced.
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