Interpretation Of Interpretations Of A Good Man Is Hard...

Andrew Long Mr. Tarango English 110 10 January 2015 Interpretation of Interpretations In â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find†, Flannery O’Conner demonstrates her short story so most readers can comprehend it in a plethora of ways. â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† may appear to be a simple read and one could be content with the literal meaning from it. Yet it gives the reader the opportunity to go even further. To go beyond what was written and to think critically or in depth. The story is open to many different interpretations and many people had. In â€Å"Mystery and Manners† by Flannery O’Connor, she goes into depth about â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find†. Since O’Connor comes from a religious background, she has the points of view of a Christian, in†¦show more content†¦Given that in â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† the grandmother, faced at the end of the road and certain demise by the hands of the misfit she was able to â€Å"return to reality and prepared to accept her moment of grace†. Her approach to â€Å"a Good Man is Hard to Find† could be classified as one that deals with the authorial intention, in a sense that she taught us what she believed and what the readers should have focused on taken out from the story. The purpose of this type of approach is that in places its values on the message that Flannery was trying to send to the reader. The only problem with using an approach such as this is that the author may not accomplish what they were trying to teach without confusion or lack of understanding from the audience. In â€Å"What’s so Funny about Flannery O’Connor† Rebecca R. Butler focuses on the comedy in the stories written by O’Connor. Rebecca Points out that most people do not realize the comedic appeal in O’Connor’s writing. Most only see the religious or psychological dimensions and ignore the comedy. She even goes to say how â€Å"disappointing† it is that critics were unappreciative of the use of comedy and that she expects that from her own students. Rebecca is trying to show how O’Connor uses subtle ways to portray comedy, describing it as a checklist. In that checklist on how O’Connor portrays comedy includes the things most