Of Mice and Men

Using the internet, I was able to find others' analyses of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
Some of the analyses argued that O'Connor's repeated use of Christianity as a central theme in her works
was an attempt to convert her readers, whom she assumed were godless. This enlightenment, or conversion,
was supposed to occur after showing what happens when the false idols her characters hold dear crumble,
and they are faced with reality (Mitchell).
An example of this, in "A Good Man is Hard to Find," involves the grandmother's strong, southern heritage.
She dresses with the intention that anyone who finds her dead on the road will know she was a lady, and she
is always telling stories of southern gentlemen courting her. Then, the Misfit, whom she "knows" is of quality,
southern blood, shoots her and her family, despite her belief in southern hospitality. Grandma is a woman who
believes in God, but is sidetracked. The fact that she is killed on an unimpor...