Feminism In Flannery O Connor's A Good Man Is Hard
For hundreds of years, women are fighting a war of inequality in the male dominated society. “Feminism” is a moment started by women to end inequality in all fields of society. To fight this problem, and to find a possible way to end it, many great writers wrote very influential poems and stories. A very few writers who chose to write about feminism in the society were, Marge Piercy, “The Secretary Chant” and “Barbie Doll”, Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The yellow Wallpaper”, and Flannery O’Connor “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”. These writings shared the common idea of feminism and how male dominated society treated women, forced them to be just “Women” with boundaries.
Marge Piercy wrote about women being forced to live under others rules, play …show more content…
“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a story about an unnamed grandmother who cared about her and very frequently judged others about their decisions. “Her collars and cuffs were white organdies trimmed with lace and at her neckline, she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In the case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.” (364) Grandmother always wanted to look good; even when she died she wanted to be known as “a lady”. The Grandmother’s character was a good example of women trying to protect themselves and their image in the society, which was never considered in the past. To explain the O’Connor story in more detail, Nancy L Nester wrote “O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find” which explained the main idea of story in short. It also reflected Grandmother’s character. “ Bailey's tolerance bespeaks patience and long-suffering. Such traits are evident when he yields to her nagging, agreeing to find the plantation of her reveries.”(4) Grandmother and her grandchild Bailey never agreed with each other. Bailey always listened to his wife first and ignored his grandmother. Grandmother was a wise lady and she always cared about her look, but her grandchild ignored her and never took her ideas seriously. Though the condition of women is improving but still they don’t get their ideas heard by
Marge Piercy wrote about women being forced to live under others rules, play …show more content…
“A Good Man Is Hard To Find” is a story about an unnamed grandmother who cared about her and very frequently judged others about their decisions. “Her collars and cuffs were white organdies trimmed with lace and at her neckline, she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In the case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.” (364) Grandmother always wanted to look good; even when she died she wanted to be known as “a lady”. The Grandmother’s character was a good example of women trying to protect themselves and their image in the society, which was never considered in the past. To explain the O’Connor story in more detail, Nancy L Nester wrote “O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find” which explained the main idea of story in short. It also reflected Grandmother’s character. “ Bailey's tolerance bespeaks patience and long-suffering. Such traits are evident when he yields to her nagging, agreeing to find the plantation of her reveries.”(4) Grandmother and her grandchild Bailey never agreed with each other. Bailey always listened to his wife first and ignored his grandmother. Grandmother was a wise lady and she always cared about her look, but her grandchild ignored her and never took her ideas seriously. Though the condition of women is improving but still they don’t get their ideas heard by