ANALYSIS OF SHORT STORY

ENTITTLED A GOOD MAN IS

HARD TO FIND
BY FLANNERY OCONNOR
(1925 1964)
By
Indah Eftanastarini
S200130057

ARGUMENTS

At the first, this story

tells about
grandmothers
personality.
Grandmother has
egoist and tricky
characteristics. She
dont want go to
Florida but go to
Tennessee. She will do
everything to change
her sons mind not to
go to Florida.

The grandmother
didnt want to go to
Florida. She wanted to
visit some of her
connections in east
Tennessee and she was
seizing at every chance
to change Baileys
mind.

Next, this story tells

about Misfit, a
criminal that escape
from Federal Pen. He
became criminal
because he kills her
daddy. He is angry
with his daddy
because his daddy
said that Misfit is not
biological son. Misfit
shows the human
personality as bad
man. Misfit had bad
experience of his life.

Nome, I aint a good

man, The Misfit said
after a second as if he
had considered her
statement carefully,
but I aint the worst
in the world neither.
My daddy said I was
different breed of dog
from my brothers and
sisters.

At the end of story,

Grandmother tried to
save herself and asked
Misfit to pray. In that
case, Grandmother
shows her personality
as good lady.

If you would pray,

the old lady said,
Jesus would help
you.
Thats right, the Misfit
said.
Well then, why dont
you pray? she asked
trembling with delight
suddenly.
I dont want no hep, he
said. Im doing all
right by myself.

Grandmother tried to
change Misfit become
a good man but he
rejected. Misfit did not
believe with God and
still a bad man.

I call myself The

Misfit, he said,
because I cant make
what all I done wrong
fit what all I gone
through in
punishment.

CONCLUSION
The short story entitle A Good Man is Hard to
Find describes the human personality of
character. This story focuses on personality of
Grandmother and Misfit.
Psychoanalysis is the branch of psychological
study that focuses on the personality of human
being. So, the short story entitled A Good Man is
Hard to Find is suitable using psychoanalysis to
know about the human personality of the
character of story.

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