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.
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Hello Ismael, great post! I agree with your interpretation of “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and the issues it raises about violence and empathy in society. The story shows that violence has been present throughout history and unfortunately still continues today. It’s a sad reality that some people use violence to get what they want and lack empathy towards others.
The grandmother’s lack of moral integrity and her similarities to the Misfit character demonstrate the dangers of violence and how it can lead to tragic consequences. It’s a reminder that violence can happen anywhere, and we should strive to create a more peaceful and empathetic society.
I agree with you that some people in the world use violence to make things go their way because of the lack of compassion people had for each other then and now. A lot of the world revolves around violence and thinking that one’s own ideas are right, for example, to a grandmother, a man is a “good man” “if his values are in line with her own.
Ismael, this is a good discussion of the violence in the story, but have you addressed the prompt for this week?