A Good Man Is Hard to Find

       Flannery O'Connor's piece, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", was a seemingly normal story about a family vacation at first, but then it unexpectedly delves into the topic of religion and morals brought about by a convict self titled 'The Misfit'. In the story the two characters with strong moral beliefs, though they are opposite ones, are the grandmother and The Misfit. Their morals are not necessarily good, however. Their morals are just codes of conduct that they live by. The quick assumption that can be made is that the grandmother holds strong morals while the Misfit does not, only because she is an innocent old woman while The Misfit is a convict on the run. However, when analyzing further, it is shown that The MIsfit holds stronger and more steadfast morals than the grandmother. In an uncomfortable and extreme situation,which was being held captive by The Misfit, the gradmother's morals soften and she cannot even find it in herself to pray and ask Jesus to help her through her struggle. This is a contradiction to her previous boasts of devotion to the Lord earlier in the story. She also prides herslef in being a lady while at the same time she does not tell her family the truth about what startled her and what caused the accident; she did that out of pure pride. Her appearence is described extensively and reveals how much looking like a lady and looking nice matters to her, which is very vein of her. The grandmother has plainly commited two of the seven deadly sins. In contrast to the grandmother's loose morals, The Misfit lives his life by rules that he made up for himslef based on his past experiences. He beleives that the punishment never matches the crime that has been commited, so whatever crime is done does not matter because the punishment is sure to not be suitable. He also shows stronger morals by questioning religion instead of meekly accepting it as the grandmother does. The contrast between these two characters is unexpected and thought provoking.