‘Austin Clawson, Jacob Ellsworth, Damian Mayers, Joey Robinson, Paige Whitehurst oy oo a5! Dh . J yh ots 20 October 2014 ‘An Analysis of the Literary Devices in AGood Man is Hard to Find’ i e AS a group, wa read the short stor “AGood Men is Hard To Find” by Flannery O'Connor. ‘As we read, each of.s ware searching for one of he aspects: Plot end structure, characterization, pin of view, symbol and allegory and fantasy, humor and tory. Allo these 'terary devices are creatively weaved into O'Connor's story to add fering effects to ry way her story progessa \ Protand Srvc tain ciamon Wye Sst ke “ays eC vy bys se ‘One of the most important aspects that any story contains is is plot ey OM interesting happens to any characters in a story, the reader ‘will be left in an anticlimactic: wy srotral san, Otome en in vey wero inser buns nea oo HW ‘pun intended) to keep her story interesting and exciting. Connected with plot is structure. g oe Sree compte et aan gan cw gana denouement hn the introduction, or expoon, we ae introduced to a fay. The grandmother is ring ‘o persuade the family go to Tennessee rather than Florida because she wants to see some of her “connections in Tennessee, She tolls them about a criminal, The Mf, heading toward Florida that she intends to avoid, ‘Sometime later we have the first confit. The grandmother mentions a plantation house that she wsted when she was younger. She wants to go there and Bailey does not. The actionofthe storys sng hee because someting new is happening within he po, The grandmather ‘eventual convinces Bale totum down a road that shoud never been ventured upon Tho climax of he stars when the family crashed he vehicle and he misfit came and kod thom al. Ti isthe highest point in the story because it craws the most emotional response from the readers. ‘The soon fas afer everyone but the grandmother kled. Shes aking othe mist thing toca tim down an save hese Then he mist shoots her an he acon of estoy Ss one more time befor. Thon he sory ends tragically with everyone dead and the misfthavingo pleasure inte” From this Ihave concluded tht pot and stuctre within any sary are closely relatos When the lt becomes more exciting, the stuctire develops into is next form. O'Conner usee the plot other story to spike the emotions of he readers athe perfect time. This is why her Stories leave readers wth such a song emotional pact CCharacterzation - Jey Robinson “Athouga the story may not sm lengthy, the characters in A Good Nan is Hag tte sons ttt fsa Re ym stir tay er Ocane turpentine noreea borat can stews rao rn git tse been cas en cin tsa ee pone stones mane chet: srry onere confused. . what they reflect clearly show what kind of people they are. To the owner of @ road-siderestart h caver sack ne na broken don lac tet frame bucks Eater inthe story, tat he Son ad the daughter mae haughty reas toward he crandater, which som tbePasoak fom thee pres. The chien coves are not reat oe pet: Nimans, 8 most he time, ay are the ones casing the tension nthe 0. gle \Workrgogcher with he dtessedrancmether and the fe sped chien, te sect p crm sngenvergyhe soon trust estoy cates a some of uray, as hemorefan tore usualy the foundation fr afi, When he anda atest ceneseThe Falher dt ok up fom ns eacng andthe ches mob est seom thar hf th hese cuts distance he ear, dong withthe ahr chractrs, away fa he paren, The coms heart Can become apttkeal ite(Cotey hese chraterzajon, however sub, rate an setiectretinaernntonen/ (apr, Humor and rony- Danian Mayers The fst te eaing is try. eis3 question are raised ato what th author Pix message was Fonery connor had a ungue sense humor nd putioy out testy. 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The grandmother continotsly tld the criminal men about how they were good Boople end they didnt have todo what thy were doing unt The Msi ke her oo lending with the statement * She would have been a good woman iit had been somebody thereto shoot her ‘vermin teri: Kroning wae te gy nd watt le We corcnnasinn, yey ep i aige Whitehurst owing tha lof these elements go together in a certain way, we describe them 3s. {tree diferent types of examples used in iteratur. To star off we bein with symbols; which ‘epresent/ stand for an idea, or sual image which are able to show sile designs through words, Sounds, or gestes. A Good Manis Hard ia End we are shown that Tombsbaro /7 foresnadows thatthe family is headed for ther doom, ater the grandmother wakes up not 2 realizing whatis heppening, This can also be used as @ symbol using Toom, as doom. We are \ Ot sSenseteangcatnaindttnctoieamensoar enone)(Our second lok on literature isthe use of an allegory. These are shown to be a type of ‘extended metaphor which we know a metaphors comparing two things without using like or as, ane The Dark Forestin AGood Manis Hard & Find shows thatitis “dark, deop and ta which helps Us gel he image and eel forthe forest ast foreshadows once again othe famfes gbom and impencing dean of the threatening forest We ae able to compare thse things in auch mater, ‘hat itmakes the reacer relly believe the story, an ithelps show thatthe author has depth an Joows how to get hee point across. Ourlas aspect o erature artsy, these ae used to show a primary plotin the story which helps exemplify the theme, element or sting inthe story. Fantasies are general shown trough science ton or har. An example in A\Good Man is Hoda Eng is the Clousess sky which shows us that tis considered an ingredient forthe beaut day ahead but oh WW Oa {takes a twist tothe pet as it turns into doom for the family. A Good Man is Hard to Find shows us Ww how diferent elements can be concluded by this story using the foreshadowing of death and that everyone is basicaly ther doom, and mutiple aspects of a funeral ype area Point of View--Jacob Ellsworth : shor wien 6 34 cetsa, lmted POV 'nA.Good Mnis Hard io ind This is evident Decaus he storys tt om the vigypoin of he grandmother, sharing er hough and ‘ectings, butt is not told by he. Thstscsplayed perfect inthe fst sentence ofthe stry which States that "The grander didnt wat o go to Florida." The author starts the book with this sentence to let the reader 3 the story will be tld by a narrator, but dy lis evident that Flannery O'Connor had reasons for choosing to tel the storyin the trom the, through the grandmother's perspectve, Grandmother's perspective. While the grandmother did love her family who she was traveling with, she also seemed io be the most unlike the other characters and was usttegginraleng Oh totingwith them because she had nowhere else to go. This gave her avery independent and unique wi ‘characterization which ma O'Connor cous roo seggety sunt IA ci de ‘nlm tno avs thn tennohrtanestonnor na snes wnt’ th cnveacan tre eaasenneren es reanante ahi ean soknaintmanioar ouster ce hhave the grandmother tell the story if she would not have been alive total it ‘A frst, A Good Manis Hard io Find seems to be just another story, But with @ second verso. O'Connor stuy uses many eran argument o foreshadow death and creatively evoke characters. Using ideas of symbols o foreshadow multiple accounts of eat \We are able to See thatthe family does not havea txght future ahesd of them and tha thie “utimate doom is necessary tothe theme ofthe short story. AMter he had already ied the Srandmether, the Mf says, “She wous have bean a good woman thad been somebody ‘Mere to shoot her every minute of her if." Through this calogue, O'Connor explsns an ‘portant theme of the story: people act ferent, and perhaps even beter, when they ae ‘ace with desperate stuatons. By the endo the story O'Connor tums a plessat fay tip ‘mote lat vacation hy ever ake and hints tat the grandmother hed actod more carefully ‘and desperately inthe frst place, this utimate doom may not have even eppenad care