Flannery O’Connor
A Good Man Is Hard To Find
“Maybe He didn’t raise the dead,” the old lady mumbled, not knowing what she was saying and feeling so dizzy that she sank down in the ditch with her legs twisted under her.” (p.913)
I believe that this sentence is important in this short story because basically the old lady was watching her family being killed, and she was trying to save her own life not caring about no one else and she tried so hard that she denied the very man that she believed in. The Misfit had made a statement about Jesus raising the dead and too get on his “good side” she made this statement. She put herself in this position and she dragged her family along with her. If not for her they would be alive and she would be alive as well. Instead of praying to God, and honoring the man who saved mankind, she denied his power; the power to raise the dead. I think this represented her insensitivity, her desire to stay alive by any means necessary, and her false holiness.
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False holiness is a common theme i O'Connor's stories. If you enjoyed this one--or, enjoyed being angry at the characters--you may wish to read more by Flannery O'Connor. She's talented and very, very religious. -LN
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