Flannery O Connors story: A Good Man is Hard to Find is the tale of a vacation gone wrong. The tone of this story is set to be one irony. The story is filled with grotesque but meaningful irony. I this analysis I will guide you through the clues provided by the author, which in the end climax to the following lesson: A Good Man is not shown good by outward appearance, language, thinking, but by a life full of good actions.The story begins with the grandmother trying to persuade the family not to travel towards Florida but perhaps go to Tennessee instead. This is based on the grounds that the Misfit, a escaped criminal is on the loose somewhere in Florida. The Ironic part of this is that the grandmother is the only family member to conceive of bad things happening to the family. She bases this solely on the fact that they were traveling in the same direction as the Misfit. This negative thinking quite possibly could have led to the eventual rendezvous between the convict and the family.The following day the family heads off to Florida. Another major point of irony happens as the story revolves around the grandmothers traditional southern values of respect for other people; especially elders, respect for your home and country. At the same moment as the grandmother is lecturing her grand kids about respecting their home state she sees a young Negro boy and says: Oh look at the cute little pickaninny! (Pg 208). Her hypocrisy becomes evident as she wants the family to do what she says not what she does.Its when the family gets ready to stop for barbecued sandwiches at Famous Sams the first of the Symbolism is the story starts to take shape. Before they reach the restaurant the grandmother points out six fenced gravestones in a field. Three adults, two kids, and one baby make six family members. This symbolizes the fact the family will die. The Tower (209) is shaped like a huge tombstone or a church foreshadowing that death i...
