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The number of universal and personal experiences I discovered while reading Oedipus the King astounded me. First, there was karma. The drama explores the struggle between karma and morality, a perennial problem facing people today. Oedipus has the ability to make decisions that will ultimately lead to a catastrophe even though he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother.

“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor is a story that operates on two levels. On the surface, it is a tale of a family’s encounter with a violent criminal, and the suspense that comes with the possibility of violence and death. However, O’Connor also uses this story as a vehicle to explore deeper themes related to sin, grace, and redemption. At its core, the story is about the moral and spiritual journey of the grandmother. Initially portrayed as a selfish and judgmental character, the grandmother experiences a transformation as she comes face to face with the Misfit. Through this encounter, O’Connor raises questions about the nature of evil, the possibility of redemption, and the role of faith in shaping our lives. The story suggests that even the most flawed and sinful individuals can potentially experience a moment of grace and redemption, and that this experience may come in unexpected ways. By knowing what is going to happen on the surface, we are able to fully appreciate the interior themes of the story and the questions it raises about human nature and the human condition.  

The struggle between man and fate is an eternal human experience. In the ancient Greek period, people knew little about the universe and nature and firmly believed that there was an irresistible force controlling destiny. Therefore, the protagonists or heroes in ancient Greek tragedies often actively struggled against the unchangeable destiny, and most of them ended up with The failure ended, but the light emitted by the struggle between man and fate is great and dazzling, and it is inspiring. The tragedy “Oedipus the King” is a representative tragedy of the typical ancient Greek period, and it is also the highest interpretation of the tragedy of fate. After learning everything, he resolutely decided to goug his eyes, punish himself and exile instead of escaping with death. own guilt. Human beings need such a spirit that even in the face of failure, they will try their best to keep trying, and finally bear the consequences and make up for their mistakes with a responsible attitude. In tragedy, human dignity is as important as fate. The essence of tragedy lies in revealing the inner strength of human beings and showing that human beings are great.

In my opinion, the interior of the story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” presents unstable families and bad societies. There are people in the world that use violence to have things go their own way, since back then and nowadays people lack the empathy for one another. In the text it states, “Our age not only does not have a very sharp eye for the almost imperceptible intrusions of grace, it no longer has much feeling for the nature of the violences which precede and follow them.” (O’Connor 2). Furthermore, violence has been the answer for the good and bad throughout history, so it is safe to say that violence will never end if it’s now considered to be human nature. The Grandmother in the story was someone with no moral integrity, she wasn’t that much different from a serial killer known as, “The Misfit”, who ends up murdering her and her family after she told them to follow orders.   There is no place without violence in this world.