Symbolism in A Good Man is Hard to Find and Araby Essay -- Flannery O

SymbolismIn the forgetful storey, A Good gentlemans gentleman is Hard to Find, by Flannery OConnor, every object including the characters be symbols. The naan for example is the one and only dynamic character, represents all of us who welcome had to feel grief or needed to ask for forgiveness. As Flannery OConnor has suggested, the story is a spiritual journey because of the grandmas quandaries. In the beginning of the story the Grandmother is obsessed with everything worldly and superficial. She aids only about how others perceive her, Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of framework violets containing a sachet. In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the bridle-path would know at once that she was a lady (OConner 413).She gets dressed up for a car trip so that, on the random calamity that they would be in a car accident and that in that clank she would be thrown from the car and laying on the pavement, she would be quick because the people passing by would think that she is a lady. This represents us as humans because daily we choose to be way too self-conscience. We care what people think whether we admit it or not. The first thing that comes to brain is me and my make-up. Make-up is a perfect example of us women caring a great deal about what others think of us. She is also very ungenerous in her activities. Instead of caring about what is best for the family, she wants to go to Tennessee because she has friends in that location whom she would like to see. There are three stages of thought for the Grandmother. During the first stage, which is in the beginning, she is completely focused on herself in relation to how others think of her. The south stage occurs wh... ...hat in just reading it the first time I looked right past. It wasnt until my dad made me truly read somewhat parts out loud that I understood. Even in these short stories, there is so untold m eaning packed into them. It shows how intelligent these writers actually are. In the beginning I didnt care too much for this quirky little love story Araby yet after analyzing it, it has beat one of my favorites and has inspired me to go back and re-read a few of the stories in this book that I may have just brushed past. typic representation has become very interesting to me and both of these stories among many others are filled with it.Works CitedOConnor, Flannery. A Good Man Is Hard to Find. 1955. literature Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the Essay. 4th ed. Ed. Robert DiYanni. Boston McGraw-Hill, 1998. Joyce, James. Araby. Kirszner and Mandell.