Do evil change people from good to bad or is it people that make them a monster ?
The story “a goodman is hard to find by Flanders O’ Connor is about a grandmother that believes that she shouldn’t be killed because she’s a lady. For the grandmother a good man means having the same values she has. She believes in Jesus , and thinks that even if you do bad in this world you will still go to heaven. Which applies to her, since she’s a very selfish person. Who manipulate her son and lies to her grandchildren. And when she’s confronted by the misfit in the woods after the car accident, she don’t even please for the life of her family. The misfit is a man who believe that nothing in this world is pleasure. And since the grandmother is one evil person she trigger the misfit to become the misfit and do what he does to people. Which is basically taking the evil road. This story is told in the limited omniscient in describing the thoughts of the main characters. The main theme is about the goodness in a man. It symbolize the loss of innocence when the misfit is judge and charge of things and then proven guilty.
This story is similar to young goodman brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne in the way that young goodman brown is a goodman who believe in Jesus and the people and is pull into the evil. This story take place in the woods which is why it’s also similar to “a goodman is hard to find” . We also know that this story is told in the third person limited omniscient. We can also compare the theme of young goodman brown being a good man. And symbolism of a goodman loss of innocence. Overall these two stories are very similar after all.
I also agree about the similarities between “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” and “Young Goodman Brown”. In regards to both stories, I believe that moral code was a major theme. In “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”, the grandmother used her own morals to define what a good man was. She thought that the misfit would not shoot a lady. In her eyes this made him a good man. By referring to him as a good man, the grandmother believed she was appealing to the misfits moral code which he wouldn’t want to compromise.
In “Young Goodman Brown”, the devil also attempts to appeal to the morals of Goodman Brown. Initially, Goodman Brown was not interested in what the devil was suggesting. He knew it was wrong and would not let his morals be compromised. The devil persuaded him by making Goodman feel that it was acceptable to continue on the path he was leading him down. The devil did this by telling Goodman Brown that his father and grandfather did the same, as well as showing him respected members of his community attending the witches Sabbath. When Goodman Brown is led to believe that it was morally acceptable, he rushes to the Sabbath.