“She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest.” (49) Oh, how horrible! What type of man could kill so ruthlessly? The poor woman did not stand a chance. In a world filled violence it is a shame to see a sweet old innocent grandmother get murdered. The grandmother in Flannery O’Connor’s story “A Good …showed first 75 words of 826 total…

…showed last 75 words of 826 total…you away. How can this poor old woman be our heroin? Her only saving grace comes when her “head clears for an instant. She saw the man’s face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry … She reached out and touched him on the shoulder.” (49) Works Cited O’Connor, Flannery “A Good Man is Hard to Find” To Read Literature Ed. Donald Hall New York : Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1992 : 38-49