Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?

After reading Flannery O'Connor's short stories, provide your high schoolers with these questions. You could use these to prompt higher level thinking for an upcoming test, or provide them as essay prompts. 

This lesson focuses on the Southern Gothic short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor which is set in the South in the 1950's and reflects the changes brought about by the court case Brown vs. Board of Education to...

Students read and analyze the short story, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor. They write a one-page response, explore various websites, take an online interactive journey, and write a final assessment paper.

In this lesson plan, students will consider Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find": Who's the Real Misfit?. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.

This is a biography of author Flannery O'Connor who is famous for her short stories using religious and life in the South as primary themes.

This is an online study guide/notes for the collection of short stories "A Good Man Is Hard To Find" by Flannery O'Connor including author information, literary elements, short story summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.

Containing "Links to biographical information about Flannery O'Connor, critical analysis of her work, and general praise of her abilities as a writer and as a human being," this site is well organized and easily navigated. What you find...

Find out about this fascinating man in an interview with him by Kira Albin.

Students, in groups, read and analyze the short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor. They present their findings tot he rest of the class and then connect the various themes discussed to outside material, events...

A Good Man is Hard to Find is a story of human pettinesss and manipulation. Written in 1953, this story is analysed in detail in this interesting site.