Spiritual Awakening By Flannery O Connor - 1479 Words

Spiritual Awakening in Flannery O’Connor: â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† In the story â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† by Flannery O’Connor, spirituality and grace is the underlying theme as much of her works reveals. Without this premise most of her work would be impossible to interpret and understand. With her Christian background at the forefront, the reader can interpret and synthesis her story out rightly. In life’s spiritual journey it often takes a personal crisis to awaken the spiritual senses. On the mission to eternal spiritual truths, the crises encountered, despite their threatening outward concealments, take on a lesser significance than the spiritual truths that these crises often unearth. These interpretations truly describe the journey that the grandmother takes in â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard to Find.† and the faith embodied by the characters and their experiences. In this story, the grandmother s journey from controlling self-absorption to grace denotes a Christian s journey towards redemption. As we begin to l ook at the grandmother, it is important to note that she has no name. The story opens by, â€Å"The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida† (276). She is one of three main characters made mention of in this story who are not given a name, followed by the children’s mother and the Misfit. In the opening four paragraphs the grandmother is been referred to three times, but always with her title rather than her name. Since the grandmother has no name and only aShow MoreRelatedEssay on A Good Man is Hard to Find: The Cross of Two Spiritual Paths2192 Words   |  9 PagesThe Cross of Two Spiritual Paths: The Characterization of the Grandmother and the Misfit and How Their Rendezvous Connects Them Both to a Religious Awakening of Faith, Grace, and Salvation. Obeying Pontius Pilates orders, the Roman soldiers nailed Jesus onto a cross but not before ridiculing and physically beating him. At nine o clock in the morning, the men proceeded to crucify him along with two robbers. One of the robbers joined the soldiers in lampooning Jesus while the other one asked for