Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?
Description:
A Good Man is Hard to Find raises questions about good and evil, morality and immorality, faith and doubt, and the particularly Southern "binaries" of black and white and Southern history and progress. In this lesson, students will explore these dichotomies-and challenge them-while closely reading and analyzing "A Good Man is Hard to Find." In the course of studying this particular O'Connor short story, students will learn as well about the 1950s South, including evolving transportation in the U.S.-transportation fueled by the popularity of the family car and the development of the U.S. highway system; the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that helped divide the "Old South" from the "New South"; and the literary genre known as the "Southern Gothic," or "Southern Grotesque."
Education Levels:
9, 10, 11, 12
Subject:
United States History, Process Skills, Literature
Resource Type:
Lesson plan
Fee Status:
Free
Online provider:
The National Endowment for the Humanities
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