Religion In A Good Man Is Hard To Find

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A Good Man is Hard to Find describes the murder of a family with peculiar members by a band of criminals led by The Misfit. The story relates to religion as a form of salvation used by the grandmother as her last chance to save a life lived with the wrong moral values. There is a contrast of opinions in what ways a man can be describe as good or evil and how the social status can affect such definitions. The use of Christianity is visible the end of the story as a mechanism of defense from the grandmother. She thought that maybe if she looked like a good Christian, The Misfit would have mercy on her. The story opens with a family getting ready for a vacation, family which dad, Bailey, is the leader, given what he says goes. A grandmother, knowing her place is insignificant uses manipulation on the younger children and her own beliefs about what is right or wrong to get what she…show more content…
A passive mother and her baby, and the two difficult children. As the family is getting ready to part, the grandmother, Alarmed by newspaper accounts of an escaped convict, The Misfit, attempts to persuade the family to change their vacation destination away from the vicinity of the fugitive. This intent fails as usual so the family starts its journey. As they are traveling the grandmother relates the story of a nearby plantation house with a secret panel. The story fires the children's interest, consequently forcing Bailey, to take an unplanned detour down a rough dirt road in search of the house. Suddenly, the grandmother realizes that her memory has deceived her and her struggle for the embarrassment, she involuntarily releases the cat from its hiding place, causing Bailey to lose control of the car. As the family members struggle to free themselves from the ensuing wreck, three

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