Flannery O'Connor

A Good Man is Hard to Find Sometimes a literary work can force readers to question the very nature of the world around them. Flannery O'Connor's story A Good Man is Hard to Find is definitely one of those stories. The interaction between the Misfit and the grandmother represents the basic conflict of the story. At one point, the Misfit, speaking of Jesus, tells the old woman that, if only he could have been there …

…face of scientific inquiry. What will come of our society if we expel all that cannot be physically grasped. How will the new mix with the old. O'Connor provides a beginning by simply making us question, even if she doesn't provide all the answers, for the truth is that by simply asking we are able to keep alive the hope that mankind will not eventually think away God as a result of our nihilistic self-examination