The interior of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is on the character’s spiritual quest and the issue of atonement. The Grandmother, who serves as the story’s main character, goes through a transformational event in which she is forced to face her own death and reevaluate her views and values.
The Grandmother holds onto her beliefs about what makes a person “good” or “evil” throughout the novel, but when she encounters the Misfit, a violent criminal who exposes her to humanity’s darker side, her worldview is challenged. The Grandmother comes to understand later in the narrative that the Misfit’s brutal worldview is inimical to her moral convictions.
The Grandmother’s journey for redemption, as she tries to relate to the Misfit on a human level and persuade him to spare her life, is ultimately the subject of the story’s interior. Offering the Misfit a little moment of grace as her final act of kindness before dying reveals that she has undergone a profound spiritual development and that her journey has deepened her knowledge of what it means to be “good.”
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Hi Vaman!
This a great analysis and I agree with you with the fact that the interior of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is on the character’s spiritual quest and the issue of atonement. The grandmother has a strong relief of what is good or bad but after her discussion with the Misfits her vision totally changed and started her journey for redemption. In another word she realized that she underwent a profound spiritual development