Foregrounding of Feminism in A Good Man is Hard to Find Essay

Foregrounding of Feminism in â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery OConnor â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery OConnor, shows a family trip to Florida which end to an unexpected death at the end of the story. In the progression of this story, O’Connor has presented women as naà ¯ve with graceful images. Women are presented as the weaker sex while men are given more importance and powerful roles. In this regard this story can be viewed as feministic point of view. Feminism is self-awareness among women about women’s rights on the base of political, social, and economic equality to men (Thompson 18). Feminist Criticism offers a Unique understanding of Flannery OConnor’s short story A Good Man is Hard to Find because it reflects†¦show more content†¦Even though John Wesley is still a junior, he has no signs of respect for his elderly grandmother and does not consider his elderly grandmother as his same position. John Wesley says, â€Å"if you don’t want to go to Florida, why dontcha stay at home?†( 678). Grandmother, being a head of the family has no power to decide for where she want to go. Not only John Wesley but also showing disrespect, his father Baiely has no objection to the way John Wesley shows disrespect to his mother as Baiely prefer to remain silent. One can infer that John Wesley shows his traditional Patriarchal male behavior of dominance when grandmother asks him what he would do if Misfit caught him (678). John Wesley replies, â€Å"I’d smack his face† (678). His response clearly indicates masculine response of violence and Stereotypical male behavior. In the context of male stereotypes Dawn Ward and Jack Balswic in their journal, The Pacific Sociological Review under the topic Strong Men and Virtuous Women: A Content Analysis of Sex Roles Stereotype writes, â€Å" Stereotypes of men involve strength and dominance† . In other words, Stereotypes of male is believed to be confident and aggressive where as women are often expected to be passive an d minor than male Although four women are introduced in A Good Man is Hard to Find and all four characters play very important and crucial roles, they remain nameless expect for a child June star. Characters are referred toShow MoreRelatedVoice of Imprisoned Woman in Girish Karnad Nagmandala2301 Words   |  10 PagesScholar Banasthali University Abstract Girish Karnad austmerely scrutinizes the unvoiced mental and physical pain of a woman whose conscious and unconscious mind is conditioned so completely that she sees herself and the world around her only in a way man would like her to see through the play â€Å"Nagmandala†. Starting from the ancient to the modern era, woman is just like clay in the hands of the patriarchal society. The work of woman be underpaid, she is being demolished and her grief is unheard and is