Which statement best describes how the theme of good vs. evil interacts with the theme of decaying southern culture in O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

The Misfit in the story seems evil at first, but turns out to be good, because he kills the grandmother, who is the true evil character in the story.

The Misfit is an outcast in the South because he has been tossed around from prison to prison, where he has learned skills to become more evil

. The grandmother represents old southern culture in the story, because she is racist, selfish and evil but appears to be a good southern lady on the outside.

The grandmother's selfishness is evil because it gets her family killed, but there is a glimmer of hope at the end of the story suggesting that southern culture is improving.

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Deacon

17 July, 14:45

Which statement best describes how the theme of good vs. evil interacts with the theme of decaying southern culture in O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

The Misfit in the story seems evil at first, but turns out to be good, because he kills the grandmother, who is the true evil character in the story.

The Misfit is an outcast in the South because he has been tossed around from prison to prison, where he has learned skills to become more evil

. The grandmother represents old southern culture in the story, because she is racist, selfish and evil but appears to be a good southern lady on the outside.

The grandmother's selfishness is evil because it gets her family killed, but there is a glimmer of hope at the end of the story suggesting that southern culture is improving.

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Lisa Ross · Answer 1

Just guessing, but I think that the correct answer here would be:

D: The grandmother's selfishness is evil because it gets her family killed, but there is a glimmer of hope at the end of the story suggesting that southern culture is improving.