Answer the following questions thoroughly, based on your close reading of OConnors A Good Man Is Hard to Find and “Good Country People.” You will write your answers in a Word document and upload them to Canvas. You should not utilize any outside sources except your textbook and the two hyperlinked websites in question 5. Be sure to proofread carefully, because grammar and punctuation are figured into the point value for each question. You should plan to devote about 2 hours to this assignment, including the time necessary to read the essay referred to in question 6. 1. How would you characterize the members of the family in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”? The Grandmother? Bailey? The children? The Mother? Do you like them? Why or why not? How does the author influence your feelings towards the characters? (For example, what does the narrator say about them? What do other characters say about them? What behavior do they display that informs your opinion of them?) Give specific references from the story to support your opinion of each character. (20 points) 2. Using only your textbook as a source, define foreshadowing. Be sure to create an in-text citation with the page number from the textbook after the definition. How does O’Connor foreshadow the encounter with The Misfit? (In other words, why were you not completely surprised that they met The Misfit along the road?) Be sure to give 2 or 3 specific references from the story. (20 points) 3. Both of these stories have “good” in the title and make reference to certain characters being “good.” In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” What does the grandmother mean by a “good man”? What type of people does she consider “good people”? Likewise, in “Good Country People,” how does Mrs. Hopewell classify someone who is “good” versus someone who is trash? (20 points) 4. In your opinion, whose fault was this whole situation (the accident) in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find?” Validate that claim with specific references from the story. There really isn’t a “correct” answer here. I am looking for your opinion, supported by references from the story. (15 points) 5. Review to the following essays which you have already read about Southern LIterature. https://literature.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780190201098.001.0001/acrefore-9780190201098-e-304 (Links to an external site.) https://xroads.virginia.edu/~DRBR/ayers3.html (Links to an external site.) Using these articles as your sources, define and explain Southern Literature in a thorough paragraph. List several characteristics of the genre. Then identify at least 5 specific aspects from these two stories which illustrate this genre. You must have at least two examples from each story.
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