In the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” Flannery O’Connor tries to connect readers with the true meaning of Christianity through death and grace. The author shows how grace is an important aspect of Christian theology. The author named the place where the party took a detour ‘Grace’ to connect the theme of grace in Christian theory. Christians in modern-day society misplace their grace on earthly material that amounts to suffering. The author expounds on the latter ideology using Grandmother, who lured the party to take a detour to Tennessee from Florida. Unknown to the grandmother, the Misfit gang invested the detour route. Even though the grandmother wanted to save guard her daughters from the gang, she subjected them to the gang’s hands. At the story’s beginning, the grandmother perceives herself as a superior person. She prejudiced Misfit as an evil person from the story she leads in the newspaper. The latter ideology changed when she encountered Misfit. In summary, the story illustrates that Extraordinary situations (Grandmother’s encounter with Misfit) can help a person understand the true meaning of grace.
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