Mary Flannery O'Connor, one of the most talented writers in American modern literature, is especially famous for her short fictions. She died of lupus at an early age of 39. Through the decades the glamour of her works has not vanished but become even more mysterious and attractive. This is a paper that focuses on one of them--A Good Man Is Hard to Find. My paper is mainly divided into five parts. First, I give some history review on the works of Flannery O'Connor, and some history facts on her. Secondly, I illustrate the plot of the short fiction and analysis the main characters in the story, emphasize on their grotesqueness, which is the style of O'Connor.

Flannery O'Connor's "Guests of the Nation" is a story of war that focuses less on the external conflict between nations and more on the internal conflict of the Irish soldiers, Bonaparte and Noble. This helps the reader understand how the weight of duty ultimately defeats personal morals during war.

Flannery O' Connors stories all depict the roles of southerners and their pursuit of god's grace through sinful pride. The main characters take pride in their knowing of their religion and feeling higher than others because of their appearance, beliefs, and nature. In all three stories the main female characters all possesss some trait of thinking they are better than others, and this thought is what leads to each of them being outsmarted by their " lesser " counter-parts, the male race.

Explores the life and work of writer Flannery O'Connor. Describes how O'Connor lets her characters suffer the consequences of their actions.

This essay discusses the similar traits of three characters in short stories by Flannery O'Connor.

Analysis on Flannery O'Connor's writings.

Critique of Flannery O'Connor and her short stories: relates the impact of her life on her style shown in her short stories.