"Jesus was the only One that ever raised the dead...and He shouldn't have done it. He thown everything off balance. If He did what He said, then it's nothing for you to do but thow away everything and follow Him..." (O Connor 21).
The classic idea of good versus evil has been an issue of debate since the beginning of mankind. A Good Man Is Hard to Find is a story that deals directly with that age-old conflict. Flannery O’Connor uses the phrase “a good man is hard to find” to help define her view of the decline of goodness in the old southern culture. She also uses this phrase to open up the debate to include Christianity and religions over all effect on the subject, as well as to probe into and question what really defines someone as being “a good man”. Goodness and religion are two ideals that are all too often mixed up with one another. Its is not always the case that piety and manors equates directly into goodness.
Posted by The Gentle Giant at March 14, 2006 12:20 AMExcellent point about piety and manners, Jay. The Misfit seemed to have a bit of both, and yet he was a morally corrupt character.
Posted by: ChrisU at March 16, 2006 01:04 AM