Analysis of A Good Man is Hard to Find Salvation is a Choice In Flannery OÃÂConnorÃÂs short story ÃÂA Good Man is Hard to FindÃÂ, the gruesome ending comes as quite a shock. However, upon a second reading, signs of an ominous end permeate the work. Hints of the familyÃÂs tragic finale exist throughout the plot and are brought to fruition with the first murder of the grandmotherÃÂs son, Bailey. The tale contains pervasive images of death which foreshadow the ultimate demise of the nameless family at the hands of the malicious Misfit and his two henchmen. OÃÂConnorÃÂs writing is filled with meaning and symbolism, hidden in plain sight beneath a seamless narrative style. In this way, her writing is intrinsically esoteric, in that it contains knowledge that is hidden to all but those who have been instructed as to how and where to look for it. OÃÂConnor is a Christian writer, and her work is message-oriented, yet she is far too brilliant a stylist to tip her hand.
Like all good writers, tactless tendencies are repulsive to her. Nevertheless, she achieves what no Christian writer has ever achieved before: A type of writing that stands up on both literary and the religious grounds, and succeeds in doing justice to both. The symbolism of The Misfit as the fallen sinner and the grandmotherÃÂs role as a typical Christian struggling within human nature to live her beliefs oppose each other. The grandmotherÃÂs ability to have faith in Christ as son of God and his works juxtaposes The MisfitÃÂs lack of faith and hopelessness and foreshadows his choice not to be ÃÂsavedÃÂ. ÃÂIt ainÃÂt right I wasnÃÂt there because if I had of been there I would of knownÃÂ (OÃÂConnor A Good Man 249).
OÃÂConnorÃÂs portrayal of the grandmother as...