Picasso and O'Connor

Weaving the intricate threads of a story together encompasses many aspects and probably most important, plot. Plot allows the reader to experience intensity, excitement and the flow of the story. Flannery O’Connor effectively uses the plot to twist and shape a short story with intense highs and lows. First, the complicating incident allows for some sort of problem in the story to develop. When the grandmother suggests the family change travel plans because of the escape of the Misfit, a cold-bloo

In creating the short story Flannery O’Connor selects the most fitting type of point of view in order to paint the image she desires. The narrator weaves the story in third person limited with access to the feelings and intentions of the grandmother. This explains the compassion felt for the grandmother throughout the story. The reader feels very close to the grandmother because of the direct access to how she feels. Flannery O’Connor wants the reader to attach to the grandmother to increase the feeling of shock at the murders. Point of view, especially in “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, frames the picture of a great short story. If the point of view chosen by the author is not effective for the short story, the entire piece seems “off”. The correct point of view is detrimental in winding together many literary aspects to form the correct mental image for the reader.

The character description colors the thread of the story and adds to the main framework of a short story to entertain the reader as well as convey certain points the author wishes to express. Main characters paint the picture of a short story with bold and extreme colors. Grandmother, introduced in the beginning, complete with thoughts and feelings, maintains the role of a sweet and naïve woman convinced of goodness in others (O’Connor 359). Although she connives the children into doing what she wants, she completes the image of the grandmother the reader identifies with (O’Connor 363). She relates to the time when people helped other people and respected the elderly (O’Connor 361). On the other end of the spectrum, the Misfit cold-heartedly kills people and maintains no compassion. However, he politely allows the grandmother plead for her

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