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A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O’Connor Copyright Notice ©1998-2002; ©2002 by Gale Cengage. Gale is a division of Cengage Learning. Gale and Gale Cengage are trademarks used herein under license. For complete copyright information on these eNotes please visit: /good-man/copyright eNotes: Table of Contents 1. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Introduction 2. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Flannery O’Connor Biography 3. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Summary 4. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Themes 5. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Style 6. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Historical Context 7. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Critical Overview 8. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Character Analysis ♦ The Grandmother ♦ The Misfit ♦ Other Characters 9. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Essays and Criticism ♦ OConnors Story as a Good Example of the Authors Fiction ♦ Flannery OConnors A Good Man Is Hard to Find: The Moment of Grace ♦ A Cloak of Grace: Contradictions in A Good Man Is Hard to Find 10. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Compare and Contrast 11. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Topics for Further Study 12. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: What Do I Read Next? 13. A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Bibliography and Further Reading A Good Man Is Hard to Find: Introduction Flannery OConnors short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find first appeared in the authors short story collection by the same name, which was published in 1955. Since then, it has become one of OConnors most highly regarded works of short fiction because it exhibits all the characteristics for which she is best known: a contrast of violent action with humorously and carefully drawn characters and a philosophy that underscores her devout Roman Catholic faith. Critics have admired the prose and the way OConnor infuses the story with her Catholic belief about