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This document summarizes some major themes in Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find". It discusses how the grandmother tries to assert power and value over the Misfit by labeling and renaming him. It also examines the theme of recognition, and how the grandmother only truly recognizes others and herself after the foundations of her identity are shattered. In the end, she dies with a childlike smile, in contrast to her earlier desire to be seen as "a lady" if found dead.
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cover support policymakers and scientists in making well-informed decisions, as alterations in
these patterns indicate shifts in economic and social conditions. Monitoring such changes with the
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crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
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𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
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You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
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- 1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find Major themes
- 2. Naming/Labeling as a play for power • “The grandmother” has limited value, but “a lady” is valuable. • When she says she recognizes the Misfit (477), she’s defining him as something that doesn’t fit (valueless), something outside society and therefore dangerous. • Later she tries to rename him, to transform him from dangerous to safe: “You’ve got good blood!. . . I know you come from nice people!” (480). She hopes to neutralize him by using her own value system, at the same time reiterating her own value according to that system: “You wouldn’t shoot a lady, would you?” (477). • It doesn’t work.
- 3. Recognition – knowledge of oneself or others • To recognize truly, all the knowledge we’ve relied on must be questioned and/or overturned. • The grandmother has seen herself as a good woman throughout the story. In O’Connor’s view, this is dangerous – a sign that she is “justified” in her own eyes rather than justified by or before God.
- 4. Recognition, cont’d. • After the Misfit and his gang have ripped from under her the foundation on which her identity is built (that is, the family), she can see clearly: “Why, you’re one of my babies. You’re one of my own children!” (481). • In death we see her “with her legs crooked under her like a child’s and her face smiling up at the cloudless sky” (481). Why does she die with a smile on her lips? How does this compare with her earlier desire to be seen as “a lady” if she were found dead on the highway?