"A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor

Caught fleas on himself and bit them

What did the monkey do as the children watched?

"The Tennessee Waltz"

What did the mother play with her dime on the nickelodeon?

Green head kerchief

What did the mother seem to always wear on her head?

That the house she had remembered was not in Georgia but Tennessee

What had the grandmother remembered before letting the cat out

Cut on face and broken shoulder

What injury did the mother have?

Bailey

What is the name of the grandmother's only son?

That it had a secret panel with silver hidden in it

What lie did the grandmother tell to try and get Bailey to turn off to go see an old plantation house?

Bought Coca-Cola stock when it first came out

What made Mr. Teagarden wealthy?

The orange sports section of the "Journal"

What was her son reading when she tried to convince him not to go to Florida?

He didn't have any britches on

What was strange about the appearance of the little black boy standing in the door of a shack?

not a cloud in it not any sun

What was the sky like while grandmother talked with the "Misfit"?

Guns

What were the three men carrying?

Climax

When she spotted and identified the Misfit

Europe

Who did the grandmother blame for people not being nice and trustworthy anymore

Red Sam

Who first said the "a good man is hard to find?"

Why does Grandma get dressed up for the road trip?

-they will know she's a lady -If they find her body on the side of the road

Red Sammy Butts (fat man)

Who owned "The Tower," a barbecue place they stopped for lunch?

He didn't look like he had common blood but came from good people

Why did grandmother say that the "Misfit" must be a good man?

Interesting to see how far they traveled

Why did the grandmother write down the mileage?

If they had an accident people seeing her on the side of the road would know she was a lady

Why was the grandmother dressed up?

gaped

held open as if yawning

latters

helpers

craftily

in a sly, cunning manner

bespectacled

wearing, or having the face adorned with, eyeglasses or an eyeglass

hoarsely

with a rough rasping sound

ought

zero; same as the number zero

Who is Edgar Atkins Teagarden?

-very wealthy man -she felt she should of married him -the racist story of the little boy who ate it with the initials E.A.T

The real reason the Grandmother does not want to go to Florida.

-wants to visit family in Tenasssea

The side trip

- a house with a secrete panel

Type of story that A Good Man is Hard to Find is

Southern Gothic

nickelodeon

a cabinet containing an automatic record player

arbors

a leafy, shady recess formed by tree branches, shrubs, etc.

suitor

a man who courts a woman

gulch

a narrow, rocky valley or gorge; a ravine

yodel

a songlike cry in which the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal voice and falsetto

knack

a special way of doing something

snarl

a vicious angry growl

card

a witty amusing person who makes jokes

insuck

action of sucking inwards

disposition

an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others

heaving

breathing heavily

vividly

clearly, with great detail

battered

damaged by blows or hard usage

embossed

embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery

rigid

fixed and unmoving

jaunty

having a cheerful, lively, and self-confident air

washes

large grooves or furrows cut away by rain especially on the side of a dirt road

trellis

latticework used to support climbing plants

lacy

made of or resembling lace

embankment

mound of earth to hold back water support a road

steady

not subject to change or variation especially in behavior

undertaker

one whose business is the management of funerals

chinaberry tree

tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits

Epiphany

-a sudden understanding or insight that changes the way a character views the world

Examples of Irony

-bringing the cat -"this is the last time we will stop for anything"

What does the misfit think is the only source of pleasure in life?

-meanness

Examples of foreshadowing

-passing Tomsboro> a "tomb" where dead bodies are kept .. The name of this place that they past sounds like tomb -the car that the misfit was driving-hearse> carries coffins -the Forrest that looks like it's going to eat them up

The Grandma:

-protagonist -round character: at first she looks down at people but towards the very end of the story she sees people as all the same.

What does the grandma have at the very end of the story?

-she has an epiphany where she realises that everyone is the same

What does the Grandmother say to the misfit that seals the fate of the family?

-that she recognises him

What does she tell Baily why she doesn't want to go to Florida?

-there's a misfit running around

Most important example of Irony

-when the Grandma didn't want to go to Florida because of the misfit but then she ends up leading the family directly to the misfit.

The grandmother is the author of the families troubles

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Conflict

2 faiths against each other

Point of View

3rd person

Point of view

3rd person

Watermelon/E.A.T.

A Mr. Edgar Atkins Teagarden courted the grandmother before she married. What did he bring her and what did he carve on it?

A Good Man is Hard to Find

About a family who decide to vacation down to Florida from Georgia. Unfortunately on the way down they have an accident, after which they meet up with convicts and are then shot, one by one.

Took off his glasses and began to clean them

After shooting grandmother, what did the "Misfit" do

The Grandmother

Main character of the story. Very upbeat. Dresses like a lady for the family vacation so that if she is found after an accident they'll know that's what she was. Takes her cat with her on the family trip, unbeknownst to the rest of the family. Has a son named Bailey, whom she calls Bailey Boy. Is a Christian. Insists Bailey take a detour on a dirt road in Georgia because she wants to find her old house. Try's to talk The Misfit into sparing her life as she knows he's a good man. The Misfit puts on her son's shirt after he has the son killed then she takes her figurative talk regarding his goodness to heart and trys to touch The Misfit. The Misfit shoots her when she trys to touch him on the shoulder near the end of the story.

Gray monkey

The "Tower" owner was lying on the ground working on a truck with a ________ chained to a chinaberry tree nearby.

June Star

Daughter of Bailey. Granddaughter of The Grandma. Talks disrespectfully to The Grandma. "We Had an Accident!" Taken out in the woods with her mother and newborn sister and shot by Bobby Lee in the woods of Georgia.

The Misfit

Escaped con on the loose somewhere going towards Florida. With Bobby Lee and , sees The Grandma's family vehicle accident. Has Bobby Lee shoot all of The Grandma's family out in the woods of Georgia. Shoots the Grandma 3 times in the chest when she trys to touch him when his back is turned. Says the law said they had papers on him for what he did but never saw those papers. Doesn't know anymore what he did wrong to end up in jail. Jesus was the only one who raised the dead and he shouldn't have done it.

Author of A Good Man is Hard to Find

Flannery O Connor

A Good Man is Hard to Find

Flannery O'Connor

Author

Flanney O' Connor

Atlanta

From what city were they leaving?

Protagonist

Grandmother

Characters

Grandmother, Mother, Mistfit, Bailey, Red Sam and his wife, JuneStar, John Wesly, the Misfits goons

they made him nervous

How did the children affect the "Misfit"?

Antagonist

Misfit

John Wesley (son, age 8) and June Star (daughter with yellow hair)

Name the two children other than the baby?

Setting

On their way to florida

Red Sam

Owner of truckstop where the family stops during their vacation drive. Has a monkey chained to a tree.

The action of grace by the granmother

Reaching out for/to touch "The Misfit"

Signing

Since the "Misfit" can't make all that he did wrong fit all the punishment he has received he has started _________ a written copy of what he has done wrong?

John Wesley

Son of Bailey. Grandson of The Grandma. Talks back to The Grandma and The Misfit. Is disrespectful to The Grandma. Is taken out in the woods with his father and shot by Bobby Lee.

Theme

Superficial Faiths, Antagonism

Shoot

The "Misfit" said grandmother would have been a good woman if there had been someone to ________ her every minute of her life?

Bailey/Bailey boy

The Grandmothers son. Bald, blue parrot shirted husband and father of June Star and John Wesley. Is on edge going on vacation. The Grandma's cat jumps on him and he crashes their car while they are looking for The Grandma's old homestead. Is taken out with his son and shot by Bobby Lee, The Misfits partner.

Foreshadowing

The author gives you hints of what is going to happen in the story

That the children had been to Florida before and should go to Tennessee to broaden their life

What argument did the grandmother use to convince the mother?

The one about "The Misfit" escaping from the Federal Pen and heading to Florida

What article in the newspaper did she use to try and convince him?

Grandmother upset her valise causing the newspaper over the basket to let Pitty Sing out. She jumped on Bailey's shoulder

What caused the accident?

The children yelling

What convinced Bailey to turn off?

Bailey's yellow shirt with blue parrots on it

What did Bobby Lee bring back from the woods?

It was a hillbilly dumping ground

What did John Wesley say about the state of Tennessee?

Tap dance routine

What did June Star do to music in the restaurant?

Gray-striped with white face and orange nose

What did Pitty Sing look like?

Jumped up and yelled that he was the "Misfit"

What did grandmother do once she recognized the man?

Pray

What did grandmother keep telling the "Misfit" he should do?

All her money

What did grandmother offer him not to shoot her?

Sprang back and shot her three times

What did the "Misfit" do when grandmother reached out and touched him after saying that he was one of her own children?

Meanness

What did the "Misfit" find pleasure in?

Comic books

What did the children read in the car?

A black battered hearse like car with three men in it

What did the grandmother flag down?

Tell them a story

What did the grandmother say she would do to keep the children from fighting over the cloud game?

Big black valise and a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat.

What did the grandmother take in the car with her?

The woods

Where did the "Misfit" order Bobby Lee and Hiram to take Bailey and John Wesley?

With the wind

Where did the grandmother say the plantation, now a graveyard, had gone?

East Tennessee

Where did the grandmother want to go instead of Florida?

The older skinny one with glasses and no shirt

Which man was familiar to the grandmother?

cat

Who did the "Misfit" leave alive?

The daughter in law

Wife of Bailey, mother of June Star, John Wesley and the newborn. Is taken out with the newborn by Bobby Lee and shot in the woods of Georgia.

The misfits response?

Would of been better if you haven't had recognised me

organdy

a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.

rattling

a rapid series of short loud sounds

pickaninny

a small black child

valise

a small overnight bag for short trips

sachet

a small soft bag containing perfumed powder

britches

an old-fashioned term for pants or trousers

conscience

conformity to one's own sense of right conduct

screwed

contorted

asphyxiate

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

stocky

heavy and compact in form or stature

bland

lacking either stimulating or irritating characteristics

veined

marked with or as if with veins

stucco

plaster made of cement, sand, and lime for covering exterior walls of buildings

courted

to gain the affections or love or someone