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Flannery O'Connor's Stories Study Guide

by Flannery O'Connor

Flannery O'Connor's Stories study guide contains a biography of Flannery O'Connor, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" follows a cantankerous family as they set off on a road trip to Florida. The Grandmother convinces her son, Bailey, who is driving, to turn down a dirt road to visit a gorgeous old plantation that she remembers from childhood. She remembers too late that the plantation is actually somewhere in Tennessee, and the car flips over into a ditch. The family is found by The Misfit, an escaped serial killer, and his sidekicks, who systematically take the family into the woods and murder them, ending with The Grandmother.

In "The Life You Save May Be Your Own," the wandering, one-armed Tom Shiftlet appears at the home of Lucynell Crater and her mentally handicapped daughter of the same name. After fixing up their old…

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• Flannery O'Connor's Stories Summary
• About Flannery O'Connor's Stories
• Character List
• Glossary of Terms
• Major Themes
• Quotes and Analysis
• Summary and Analysis of "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"
• Summary and Analysis of "The River"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Displaced Person"
• Summary and Analysis of "A Temple of the Holy Ghost"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Artificial Nigger"
• Summary and Analysis of "Good Country People"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Enduring Chill"
• Summary and Analysis of "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
• Summary and Analysis of "The Lame Shall Enter First"
• Summary and Analysis of "Revelation"
• Sufjan Stevens
• Related Links on Flannery O'Connor's Stories
• Suggested Essay Questions
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 1
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 2
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 3
• Test Yourself! - Quiz 4
• Author of ClassicNote and Sources

• Flannery O'Connor's Stories: Major Themes
• Flannery O'Connor's Stories: Essays
• Flannery O'Connor's Stories: Questions
• Flannery O'Connor's Stories: Purchase the Novel and Related Material
• Flannery O'Connor: Biography