Flannery O'Connor
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Course Hero Literature Instructor Russell Jaffe explains the main characters in Flannery O'Connor's short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| The grandmother | The grandmother, a pushy, small-minded, self-righteous woman, is the matriarch of the family. Read More |
| The Misfit | The unnamed Misfit—an escaped murderer—finds the family after their car accident. Read More |
| Bailey | Baily is the grandmother's passive son; he is a high-strung individual who says little. Read More |
| The children's mother | Unnamed, the children's mother—the grandmother's daughter-in-law—is innocent and seems concerned mainly with the welfare of the baby. Read More |
| June Star | June Star, Bailey's daughter, speaks her mind and is disrespectful. Read More |
| John Wesley | John Wesley, Bailey's eight-year-old son, is undisciplined and curious. Read More |
| The baby | Son of the children's mother and Bailey, the unnamed baby serves as a prop to hold his mother's attention and, briefly, the attention of the grandmother. |
| Bobby Lee | Bobby Lee has escaped prison, along with The Misfit. Overweight, he is self-conscious about his appearance. |
| Red Sammy Butts | Red Sammy Butts owns the Tower restaurant along the highway and converses with the grandmother while the family eats. |
| Red Sammy Butts's wife | Red Sammy Butts's wife works at the restaurant. |
| Hiram | Hiram has escaped prison, along with The Misfit, and seems to have some ability as a mechanic. |
| The Misfit's father | The Misfit's father had a knack for handling the authorities and never got into trouble with them. |
| The Misfit's mother | According to The Misfit, his mother was the finest woman God ever made. |
| Pitty Sing | The grandmother's beloved cat, Pitty Sing's escape causes the accident. |
| Edgar Atkins Teagarden | Edgar Atkins Teagarden once courted the grandmother by bringing her watermelons that he carved with his initials, E.A.T. |
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