The mood of this 1940’s-50’s Georgia highway picture is a sense of foreboding that reflects the spirit of the Flannery O’Connor story A Good Man is Hard to Find.
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
(READING/FIRST RESPONSE)
Due Monday, March 29, 2010,
@ 12:00 Noon EDT
Respond to the "post a comment" activity:
Read "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor (p. 97)
or access the text online at:
A HEADS-UP: This story contains racial slurs representative of the time in which the story takes place (1950’s South). Flannery O'Conner was opposed to racism; she uses the Grandmother as a symbol of ignorance and to rail against the casual way in which racism is accepted and passed down from one generation to another.
You may also enjoy an online audio of the story, read by the author herself: A Good Man is Hard to Find (audio) (read by the author, Flannery O'Connor)
You may also peruse this website for help with analysis of the story (you don’t have to purchase the PDF – what’s available for free is very helpful):
Write a First Response to A Good Man is Hard to Find.
You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:
*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?
*Consider archetypes -- which stood out most to you?
*Discuss the grandmother -- how did her behavior affect you?
Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.
Guidelines for first response papers are available here:
If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).
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