A Holistic Analysis of A Good Man is Hard to Find(9)

Consequently, in O'Connor’s works, we notice that she was on the road to present human darkness and evil, rather than something light and beautiful, and she also stressed that people can only accept violence to purify themselves, so that human beings’ weaknesses were magnified through her creation.
In A Good Man is Hard to Find, O'Connor tried to explain “good man” into the worldly pride, selfishness, hypocrisy, and arrogance, which turned into obstacles before people arrived at redemption. The point of redemption was to active self-reflection for a sense of guilt. Based on that, we were finally endowed opportunities to access God’s redemption. So, according to O'Connor’s values about original sin, her great contribution was to allure readers to realization, admitting guilt, and deep remorse. Moreover, during the whole process, one necessary auxiliary means was violence. Oppressed by violence, people had no choice but to break their stereotypical expectations. After being fixed on the edge of death, people would find the danger out of human being’s original sin.