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Name: Instructor: Subject: Date: Flannery O`Connor`s validation of the unreasonable in "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" The author, Flannery O`Conner, had implied throughout the short story that the “good man†being referred to is the character of ‘the misfit`. This had caused debate and speculation to critics, who argue that the claim is implausible. Instead, they suggest that the other characters of the story; Bailey, and Sammy, are more deserving of the title of ‘good man`. Another interpretation promotes the idea that there is no actual good man in the story, as goodness is non-existent in the modern world. This creates an irrational paradox for which many interpretations about the good man`s identity come to surface. The final scene of the story has three distinct segments clouded with mystery. In the first phase, we see the Misfit swallowed in a sense of self pity, which obscures his ability to see himself. Thus, his own self identity remains a mystery to him. The second phase is darker and more terrifying. The grandmother tries to reason with the misfit in this scene, only to realize that she doesn`t actually mean what she is saying. The Misfit too, picks up in her lack of sincerity, noting how she is willing to say anything for the sake of her own life. This only incr...
