FLANNERY O’CONNOR CASE STUDY

STEP 1:

Read the two stories A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND (P.404) and
REVELATION (P.414).

STEP 2:

ANALYZE EACH STORY BY APPLYING THE ELEMENTS OF

LITERATURE DISCUSSED IN CLASS: PLOT, CHARACTER, ETC. CREATE
A TWO COLUMN CHART PLACING EACH ELEMENT AND YOU
ANALYSIS OF THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER. NOTE ANY SIMILARITIES
THAT MAY EXIST. FOR EXAMPLE, BOTH STORIES HAVE STRANGE
CHARACTERS WHO HAVE ECCENTRIC BEHAVIOR. STATE THE
BEHAVIORS SIDE BY SIDE ON THE CHART.

STEP 3:

WRITE AN ESSAY IN WHICH YOU COMPARE THE STORIES, MAKING

SURE YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU THINK IS THE MEANING OF THE
STORIES.

THIS ESSAY MUS BE TYPED, DOUBLE SPACE, 12 PT, TIMES NEW

ROMAN. THE WORKSHEET MAY BE HANDWRITTEN.