The Importance of Violence in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. In the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find", Flannery O'Connor uses violence as a force of both good and evil to demonstrate how people's attitudes and perspectives of life change when they are faced with a situation of violent danger. The story is about a family of six who, on their way to Florida are murdered by an …showed first 75 words of 910 total…

…showed last 75 words of 910 total…for good and evil. The vast change in the attitude of the grandmother demonstrates how there can be a positive outcome of violence. While the personality of the Misfit proves to demonstrate how societies image of what is evil is not one of reality. Works Cited O'Connor Flannery. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" Literature An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry and Drama. Second ed. Eds. X.J.Kennedy. Dana Gioia. Longman, New York 2000. 330-346.