Mary Flannery O'Connor was a South American writer and essayist who grew up in Georgia in 1900. Her faith as a Roman Catholic influenced most of her writings, as she written extensively about morality, faith and ethics. O'Connor's writing style is primarily Southern Gothic fiction, although she disliked that label and preferred her writings as "Catholic realism". The characters in his stories are described as grotesque. This can be seen in his story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” His purpose in writing this story is to convey to the reader that certain moments in a person's life can cause a transformation in his personality, behavior, and beliefs. O'Connor tells the reader through the use of symbolism, diction, and tone the irony and meaning of "A good man is hard to find." This leaves open the question of whether it is difficult to find a good man or a good woman. For starters, the story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is set in Georgia. It's about a father, mother and two children who are planning a vacation in Florida. The grandmother who lives with the family doesn't want to go to Florida. He wants to go to Tennessee instead and uses manipulation as a means to try to get what he wants. “Now look at this, Bailey. . . Lo and behold, this man who calls himself The Misfit is free from the Federal Pen and headed to Florida. . . I wouldn't take my kids anywhere with a criminal like that on the loose” (O'Connor 134). This quote establishes a sense of darkness, fair warning, and uncertainty. Furthermore, the grandmother tries to manipulate her son's decision to go to Florida by using intimidation tactics against him. Manipulation is one of the themes highlighted in this story. The story is told in the third person, omnisciently limited...... to the center of the card...... which O'Connor talks about. At that moment the grandmother's character seems to miraculously change from selfish and superficial to loving and Christian. That's when The Misfit shoots her. Armond Boudreaux, assistant professor of English at East Georgia College, says that "O'Connor's stories follow the same basic plot: a proud, often bigoted, and usually a woman main character finds redemption when an act of violence is committed against you" (paragraph 1). Grandma is truly a proud main character who found redemption in the moment before her death. Finally, the story ends with The Misfit saying, “She would have been a good woman. . . if there had been someone there to shoot her every minute of her life” (O’Connor 146). The Misfit realized that in the face of death, Grandma had the ability to be a good woman. His son and all his