Flannery O'Connor was born in Georgia in 1925 during the Great Depression. She was an only child, brought up in a highly religious home, and grew up in the South. These aspects of her life become apparent when reading her short stories. O'Connor's most famed story; "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"� follows an obscure family on their vacation to Florida. She uses life, as she knows it, to convey a world that she believes exists. "What she learned as a child remained with her and became the corner stone of her best work. Her sometimes worldly stories are always grounded in a certain religious innocence which can be traced directly to her early years"� (UW Stout, 1). O'Connor's life can be traced through her stories; the way she sees life, her attitude towards human nature, and her belief in God.
Being an only child makes it difficult to be a good judge of character.
English: Robie Macauley with Flannery O'Connor at ...
English: Childhood home of American author Flanner...
English: Childhood home of American author Flanner...Many children in such a situation are often unable to make real human connections and understand the importance of family. This way of thinking comes out in "A Good Man Is Hard To Find."� She created a family full of obnoxious characters. None of these characters get along with one another and the result of such a lack of human relationship is death. She was so young when her father died of lupus that she never experienced a real father-daughter connection. She just assumed that a family that does not understand each other and appreciate what they have has no right living together. One moment in particular is a striking example of a non-existent familial bond, "The children began to yell and scream that they wanted to see the house with the secret panel. John Wesley kicked the back of the front...