Flannery O'Connor
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Flannery O'Connor
1953
Short Story
Horror, Fiction
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is told from a limited third-person perspective, focusing almost exclusively on the grandmother's point of view.
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is told in past tense.
The title "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" comes from a song composed by Eddie Green in 1918: "A good man is hard to find/You always get the other kind." One theme in the story hinges on defining a good man.
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