1 “A Good Man is Hard to find “And The Lottery 1 Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date "A Good Man is Hard to find" is a Flannery O'Connor short story. "A good man is hard to find," says the story's protagonist. Those unfamiliar with the author's religious and philosophical beliefs may find it challenging to comprehend. A murderer and his gang tragically end a family vacation. Mysterious lost treasure leads the family away from the main path after a meddling Grandmother tries to persuade them to travel to Tennessee instead of Florida. It was the Misfit's fault for making this fatal choice. The Grandmother is overly concerned with how others perceive her. When their car crashes in the woods, The Misfit, a wanted criminal, finds them. He also doesn't think he's a bad guy. Misfit and his two henchmen kill the entire family, including the Grandmother. There are three stages of thought for Grandma. She is entirely focused on herself and how others perceive her during the first phase. She enters the Second Phase when she speaks to The Misfit. The Misfit is the story's quasi-final judgment. He does this by mimicking a mirror. Everything Grandma says flies off his back. He never indeed agrees or disagrees with her, and he kills her. She would have been a good woman," The Misfit said in his final line. "Every minute," she says. It’s possible O'Conner felt that way about most of us, or that if the Grandmother had been forced to live under duress, she would have gained self-awareness and compassion. He Grandmother's final phase is redemption. She finally sees The Misfit as a person like her. He is not a product of his background. Like her, he is a simple human. Currently, she sees herself as others. She realizes she is not a product of her class. Society creates the class, and she fits in. She shows this by claiming The Misfit is one of her own. In the story of the Lottery, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" features two main characters: Tessie Hutchinson, a housewife who wins the lottery at the end, and Mr. Summers, the man who organizes the lottery. Mr. Summers has brought the black box with all the little white pieces of paper for the drawing, and he has called everyone up to pick them out. Tessie Hutchinson bemoans the unfairness of the lottery and claims that her husband didn't have enough time to choose a piece of paper. All of the other characters in this story contribute to the plot by simply saying a few words and throwing stones at Tessie. The story starts with a description of the lovely day outside. Shirley Jackson tells the reader what time of day it is and what year the story takes place right away. On June 27, the day is set to ten o'clock in the morning, and the year is set to early summer. Every year on June 27, the lottery was held following tradition. She also mentions that school has just recently ended for the summer break, implying that the season is early summer. The author does this to keep the reader's ...

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“A Good Man is Hard to find “And The Lottery 1
Student’s Name
Professor’s Name
Course
Date
"A Good Man is Hard to find" is a Flannery O'Connor short
story. "A good man is hard to find," says the story's protagonist.
Those unfamiliar with the author's religious and philosophical
beliefs may find it challenging to comprehend. A murderer and
his gang tragically end a family vacation. Mysterious lost

2. treasure leads the family away from the main path after a
meddling Grandmother tries to persuade them to travel to
Tennessee instead of Florida. It was the Misfit's fault for
making this fatal choice. The Grandmother is overly concerned
with how others perceive her. When their car crashes in the
woods, The Misfit, a wanted criminal, finds them. He also
doesn't think he's a bad guy. Misfit and his two henchmen kill
the entire family, including the Grandmother. There are three
stages of thought for Grandma. She is entirely focused on
herself and how others perceive her during the first phase. She
enters the Second Phase when she speaks to The Misfit. The
Misfit is the story's quasi-final judgment. He does this by
mimicking a mirror. Everything Grandma says flies off his
back. He never indeed agrees or disagrees with her, and he kills
her. She would have been a good woman," The Misfit said in his
final line. "Every minute," she says. It’s possible O'Conner felt
that way about most of us, or that if the Grandmother had been
forced to live under duress, she would have gained self-
awareness and compassion. He Grandmother's final phase is
redemption. She finally sees The Misfit as a person like her. He
is not a product of his background. Like her, he is a simple
human. Currently, she sees herself as others. She realizes she is
not a product of her class. Society creates the class, and she fits
in. She shows this by claiming The Misfit is one of her own.
In the story of the Lottery, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery"
features two main characters: Tessie Hutchinson, a housewife
who wins the lottery at the end, and Mr. Summers, the man who
organizes the lottery. Mr. Summers has brought the black box
with all the little white pieces of paper for the drawing, and he
has called everyone up to pick them out. Tessie Hutchinson
bemoans the unfairness of the lottery and claims that her
husband didn't have enough time to choose a piece of paper. All
of the other characters in this story contribute to the plot by
simply saying a few words and throwing stones at Tessie. The
story starts with a description of the lovely day outside. Shirley
Jackson tells the reader what time of day it is and what year the

3. story takes place right away. On June 27, the day is set to ten
o'clock in the morning, and the year is set to early summer.
Every year on June 27, the lottery was held following tradition.
She also mentions that school has just recently ended for the
summer break, implying that the season is early summer. The
author does this to keep the reader's mind on positive thoughts
about the story rather than fearing something terrible. Even
though the lottery for the small town of 300 people begins on
June 27, it is supposed to begin on June 26.Their town is so tiny
that it only takes about two hours, whereas it takes two days in
most places. The lottery sounds like someone will win a prize,
but as the reader progresses through the second paragraph, it
appears that something else will occur.
In The Lottery by Shirley Jackson and A Good Man is Hard to
Find by Flannery O'Conner, the motivation of both stories
attempts to tackle the essence of the human condition. Both
short stories portray two similar types of foreshadowing, one
random and the other intended, which leads to their unexpected
dramatic climaxes. These critical variables in both stories
strongly impact the reader's objectification of the human
condition. Flannery O'Conner's "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
foreshadowing is random. A sequence of variables that make up
the story's fabric, the Radom foreshadowing, is implied in this
short story. Like the ring in Lord of the Rings, which appears
insignificant but turns out to be a virtual object in the film.
O'Conner uses random foreshadowing to tell the reader the
story's plot. It tells us when the family left Atlanta (8:45) and
the car's mileage (55890). When they returned, the Grandmother
thought it would be fun to say how many miles they had
traveled. In the short story of the lottery human condition is
portrayed when the lottery takes place, the people of the town
make an entire day out of it.When “the lottery was conducted-
as were the square dances, the teen club, and the Halloween
club”. (Jackson 17) The towns people lack a sense of what is
right and wrong. They believe that the event happens all the
time and it is not a big deal and therefore while they wait they

4. should have a source of entertainment.
References
Jackson, Shirley. The Lottery. 1948, New York: McGraw -Hill
Publishers.
O'Connor, F. (1962). A good man is hard to find. New English
Library.
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6. _____17. “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” by Katherine Anne
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_____18. “Chrysanthemums” by John Steinbeck
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