In the essay about suspense in her story “A Good Man Is Hard to Find, by O’Connor, we know what the story is about on the surface. In its interior, I feel the story is about karma and dharma. Karma is the result based on a person’s actions throughout all of their lives, past and present. These actions are related to a person’s dharma, and whether or not they have fulfilled their duties of being a truly good human being. In this story it teaches us that nothing good comes from being selfish and if you are selfish, you or your loved ones may suffer your consequences. The grandmother manipulated her family to do what she wanted, and this was selfish of her. This led to the death of her and her family. This story describes there’s two different types of people, those who know they are bad people such as the Misfit and those who are bad people but portray to believe that they are good such like the grandmother.
