Mr. Shiftlet Is Most Concerned With Convincing Mrs. Crater That He Is

Mr. Shiftlet Is Most Concerned With Convincing Mrs. Crater That He Is
Mr. Shiftlet is most concerned with convincing Mrs. Crater that he is
a. moral. c. dangerous.
b. disabled. d. fascinating.

Which of the following does Mr. Shiftlet blame for his single state?
a. his poverty c. his physical disability
b. his personality d. a shortage of women with good morals

a shortage of women with good morals
Which of the following is most likely to appear gaunt?
a. a soldier b. a weightlifter c. a fashion model

Mary’s studies are interrupted because she must care for
Who promises to speak for Mary BEFORE the binding ceremony?
Mrs. Crater urges Mr. Shiftlet to marry Lucynell because Mrs. Crater
a. doesn't care what happens to Lucynell.
b. has grown too old to care for Lucynell on her own.
c. fears Lucynell's heart will break if Mr. Shiftlet leaves.
d. wants Mr. Shiftlet to stay on the farm and be useful to them.

wants Mr. Shiftlet to stay on the farm and be useful to them.
A ravenous person would find relief in
a. eating. b. sleeping. c. conversation.

Who are the “unconsecrated”?
a. The people who not been baptized c. The undead
b. The unmarried d. Those that have “the flu”

What does Mary discover when she sneeks out of her room at the cathedral?
That someone came in through the gates
Why does the Sisterhood keep so many secrets?
It is their way of keeping the village safe.
From the time he arrives at the Craters' farm, Mr. Shiftlet's greatest desire is for
Someone who lists might seem about to
a. jump. b. laugh. c. tip over.

Why does Mary’s mother choose to let herself become one of the unconsecrated.
a. She hates her kids c. She thinks it would be cool
b. She misses her husband d. She wants to rebel against the sisters

What message does Gabrielle leave in the window?
What is the main job of the Guardians?
The most likely reason that Mr. Shiftlet abandons Lucynell is that he
a. has no further need of her.
b. realizes she doesn't care for him.
c. realizes how much her mother will miss her.
d. thinks she deserves a better life than he can provide.

One would most expect stately behavior from a
a. queen. b. servant. c. police officer.

When Mary first joins the sisterhood she is not allowed to
the sisters release her back to her village
Mr. Shiftlet's behavior toward the hitchhiker suggests that Shiflet wants to
a. frighten him. c. humiliate him.
b. cheer him up. d. save or reform him.

A word that means the opposite of morose is
a. quiet. b. generous. c. cheerful.

How does Mary identify Gabrielle when she sees her?

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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant reveal two women with serious character flaws: excessive pride, all destroying hubris. Pride has perplexed philosophers and theologians for centuries; it is an especially complex emotion. It can be what we imagine we are: worthy, admirable, honest, infallible; and not necessarily who we are. We applaud individualism, self-respect, and personal excellence, but too much pride can easily tip the balance toward vanity, selfishness, and greed. Grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a manipulative character determined to get whatever she wants. Similarly, Mathilde in “The Necklace” is a resentful protagonist who feels like she deserves a better life. In both characters we see how excessive pride can be complicated by a lack of self-awareness and an inordinate self-esteem, which leads each woman to a ruinous outcome.
Grandmother in O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” considers herself morally superior to others by virtue of being a “lady.” In fact, she dresses up for road trips complete with white gloves and a hat. Unlike her daughter-in-law who wears slacks and ties her hair up with handkerchiefs. O’Connor writes, “Just in case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know that she was once a lady” (1). She mourns the time of “nice people,” and frequently lectures her grandchildren about respect, respect “of their native states of their parents and everything else” (O’Connor 2). She manipulates her family and judges’ individuals based on their appearances and superficial behaviors. Grandmother uses the story of a criminal calling himself the Misfit to selfishly persuade the family from traveling to Florida. Ultimately, she ends up directing them right into his path by convincing her son, Bailey, to take a back road to see an old plantation she remembers. Grandmother also knows Bailey would never allow her cat, Pitty Sing, in hotel. However, she decides to hide him in a basket under her valise anyway. She calls Red Sammy a “good man” (3) simply because he gave two strangers free gas, which does not necessarily make him a good man. Ironically, she also refers to Misfit as a good man because of his calm demeanor and favorable appearance. Despite her assurance that she can judge a good man from a bad person, the grandmother fails to recognize that the Misfit is a ruthless killer. As much as Grandmother portrays herself as a good “lady,” her manipulative and selfish behavior costs the lives of her entire family – as well as her own.
Mathilde in Maupassant’s “The Necklace” is discontent with life. She is a pretty and charming girl who as if by a mistake of destiny was “born into a family of clerks” (Maupassant 1). Instead of living a grateful life, she feels cheated. She has many flaws, but most obvious are her greed for material things and inability to admit the truth. Her pride allows her to feel that she is entitled to the elegant life and she is angry that she cannot purchase the jewels and clothing that she desires. Maupassant writes, “She fretted constantly, feeling all things delicate and luxurious to be her birthright” (1). In addition to her desire for material things, she longs to be the object of others’ desires and to be envied by other women. Wishing to appear wealthy to the other women at the ball she buys a new dress and borrows a diamond necklace from a wealthy friend, which turns out to be harbinger of her demise. She had a wonderful time at the ball, ‘She was prettier than them all, lovely, gracious, smiling, and wild with delight’ (2). For a short time, she is living the life she deserves, “all of the Ministry wanted a waltz – even the Minister noticed her” (2). Mathilde loses the necklace and her pride keeps her from confessing the truth. Ultimately, it forces her into a decade of hard labor and debt in order to replace the cherished jewels. She sacrificed her husband and lost her youth due to her pride and lack of self-awareness.
Pride can be mystifying. Ordinarily it is considered a virtue, however, pride can be destructive. The Grandmother in O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” prides herself on being a moral, southern “lady,” yet she criticizes and frequently passes judgement on others. Similarly, Mathilde, in Maupassant’s “The Necklace” has an excessive sense of entitlement and thinks she is living in a world beneath her. In similar ways, both characters lack self-awareness and possess an inordinate self-esteem causing others in their lives to fall victim to their own pride.
Many authors use a theme of religion in their pieces. Using religion, an author can go many routes: a path of atonement, self discovery, or even the realization of one’s faith. In Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” the reader follows the journey of a family’s road trip and their unfortunate encounter with a penitentiary escapee, The Misfit. The story centers around a morally corrupt and self righteous grandmother’s spiritual revelation after meeting The Misfit, who is a questioning and seemingly religious man. O’Connor uses The Misfit as a symbolic representation of faith and his interaction with the grandmother to show salvation and grace are open to everyone.
The Misfit plays the biggest religious role in “A Good Man is Hard to Find.” He relates himself directly to Jesus when saying they both have “thrown everything off balance” but quickly counters that idea when explaining, unlike him, Jesus “hadn’t committed any crime” (1221). The Misfit’s comparison of himself to a figure of faith is the largest indicator that he symbolizes religion in this short story, even though he dismisses the idea immediately after. His comparison shows he is questioning his own religious values, since people do not usually compare themselves to things they think have no relation or value to them. By dismissing his own comparison, it shows The Misfit thinks of himself as someone who is “below” a religious figure and not worthy. He believes the fact he has committed crimes makes him a criminal and therefore inferior to someone like Jesus. His direct comparison and then counter hint at the idea that his unrealized faith and importance will impact the story, foreshadowing to his revelation with the Grandmother. The reader also learns The Misfit was once a gospel singer, showing he has a religious background. Throughout the entire encounter with The Misfit, he repeatedly states he has been serving time for crimes he did not commit with statements like “I known that was a lie” and “I never had anything to do with it” (1220). Punishment for unremembered sins alludes to the early Christian belief of the “original sin.” This belief states that all faith followers are born sinners, and must live their lives trying to be saved by God. By admitting he is being punished for things he never did, The Misfit subliminally acknowledges he is living his life with an “original sin.” The self proclaimed nickname of “The Misfit” is also a symbol of a religious figure. The Misfit says he calls himself The Misfit “because [he] can’t make what all [he] done wrong fit what all [he] gone through as punishment,” further relating back the belief of an original sin (1221). This also introduces the idea of The Misfit’s nickname being symbolic of Jesus, as Jesus was seen as an outcast. Just as Jesus wasn’t well received by the public, loved “all the wrong people,” and ate dinner with sinners, The Misfit doesn’t have a good reputation with common people and hangs out with other criminals who further get him in trouble. O’Connor’s choice to use a murderer as her symbol for Jesus creates irony and emphasizes the idea salvation is a possibility for everyone, because if a vicious, sinful murderer can reach atonement so can anyone else. Near the end of The Misfit’s encounter with the grandmother, she tries one last time to change his mind by opening her arms and coming towards him. He reacts by “[springing] back as if a snake had bitten him” and shooting her (1222). By describing his actions like a snake, it creates a biblical allusion to the Garden of Eden. The snake in the Garden of Eden is a deceptive creature who promotes what God has forbidden. This deceptiveness and evil is directly relevant to how The Misfit lives. The temptation the Grandmother creates shows him what life could be like if he chooses to leave his life of sin and become more of a godly figure, while The Misfit shows the Grandmother she is no more holy than he is. This scares The Misfit so greatly he reacts dramatically by killing her.
The relationship developed between The Misfit and the grandmother shows the possibility of atonement and salvation. The grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” holds herself on a moral pedestal much higher than those around her. She dresses fancy for a simple family road trip just so “In case of an accident, anyone seeing her… would know at once that she was a lady” (1212). She repeatedly tells the children they must show respect but calls a young African American a “nigger boy” (1215) and another boy a “cute little pick ninny” (1216), revealing her true colors. When she is about to be killed, she tells The Misfit he would never kill her since she “knows [he] wouldn’t ever shoot a lady” (1222). Along with her complaining when not getting her way and even bringing her cat on the trip against her son’s wishes, she is presented as a selfish and self-righteous person. It is not until the very end of the story, right before The Misfit kills her, that she realizes her faults. Throughout her talk with The Misfit, she talks about religion and Jesus, even though she never talks about those in the beginning of the story. She exclaims “pray, pray… “ (1220) and “Jesus would help you” (1221) when trying to save her own life. The grandmother only talks of religion when wanting to save herself. This further shows her selfishness. It also relates to The Misfit being a religious figure since she did not seem to be deeply religious until the two met. Right before the grandmother is shot, she reaches out to The Misfit almost screaming, “You’re one of my own children!” and dies “with her legs crossed under her like a child… her face smiling up at the cloudless sky” (1222). This act is extremely out of character and the focal point of the entire story. By exclaiming he is one of her own, it symbolizes the moment she realizes she is as much of a sinner as he is and reaches out in hopes of forgiveness. The thought of a child’s crossed legs and looking up into the sky allude to atonement, since children are generally seen as innocent, and looking up into the sky is generally associated with heaven and praying. The grandmother ends her time on earth in a spiritual revelation caused by The Misfit.
Pieces of literature centered around religion can hold great importance and ultimate truth. In “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” The Misfit’s symbolic faith helps the grandmother to help find peace within herself, even though he is far from an innocent man. No character in this story was without sin, but all had a chance to be saved. By writing this story, O’Connor shows salvation and grace are open to whoever may come by them, and even on the brink of death, it is never too late to be saved.
Authors often use irony in order to place their characters into tricky situations in which they must make a decision, which often reveals more about their true self. Flannery O’Connor was a southern gothic, and grotesque writer who is known for her strong use of irony and distortion. In her book, The Complete Stories, O’Connor uses numerous rhetorical devices, but most notable is her use of irony. O’Connor’s use of irony is most prominent in her short stories, A Good Man is Hard to Find, and The Life You Save May Be Your Own. In the short story A Good Man is Hard to Find, there is an overwhelming amount of irony that leads to foreshadowing, which helps the protagonist come into contact with her moment of grace. In O’Connor’s The Life You Save May Be Your Own, there is an inordinate amount of both, dramatic and situational irony, throughout the story, again prompting the protagonist to face his moment of grace. O’Connor’s use of irony within her short stories helps the protagonists of the stories to face their moment of grace, while at the same time teaches a moral lesson to her readers, and those characters in contact with their moments of grace.
In the short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find, O’Connor presents irony throughout the story in order to help the protagonist to face her moment of grace. The narrator starts the story by saying, “The Grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida” (O’Connor 117). Shortly after, the family learns about an escaped prison convict who is also headed towards Florida. At this moment, the reader can begin to foreshadow that something bad is going to happen because the grandmother doesn’t want to go, and because one of the family members happened to stumble upon an article about the Misfit heading to Florida. The grandmother reluctantly decides to go with the rest of the family to Florida. On the way to Florida, the family stops for food, and while they are eating, the grandmother asks if anyone has heard about The Misfit. The owner of the restaurant says to the grandmother, “I wouldn’t be a bit surprised if he didn’t attack this place right here” (122). O’Connor is again foreshadowing an encounter with The Misfit, and it is rather ironic because as the reader knows, the family will run into the misfit who will eventually kill them all. After the family leaves the restaurant, the Grandmother recalls
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