Francesco Argentina
Casie Cobos
English Language Arts
12/8/17
Paragraph Practice
Prompt: What character do you find most interesting in the story? Why? Point to specific parts of the text to support this.
The grandmother is by far the most interesting character in the story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor. It is the way she constantly manipulates the other characters in the story, that makes her so interesting. For example, the first line of the story almost directly states this “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to go visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s mind” (1). Another example of the grandmothers’ manipulation can be found in a quote where she tries to convince Bailey she is injured, to avoid being scolded and to gain some sympathy “The grandmother was curled up under the dashboard, hoping she was injured so that Bailey’s wrath would not come down on her all at once” (12). It is clear that the grandmother frequently engages in manipulative behavior throughout the book. This trait of her’s not only adds to the depth and complexity of her character, but indefinitely makes her the most interesting.