Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Jesus Christ and The Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard t

Jesus Christ and The Misfit in Flannery O’Connor’s A Good Man Is Hard to Find In Flannery O’Connor’s â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard to Find,† there are numerous Christian themes found all through the story, yet the one that I discovered most fascinating is the way that O’Connor is obviously drawing matches between The Misfit and Jesus Christ. At first it appears as though it is highly unlikely this could really be genuine what could the Son of God who yielded Himself to benefit humankind share for all intents and purpose with a cheat and a looter who escapes from prison and murders a group of six without hesitating? Upon closer assessment, we can see that they are more comparable than one may at first think. The principal understanding we might have the option to draw is regarding the matter of names. The Misfit is a term that could without much of a stretch be applied to Christ. In His time, Christ was an untouchable, a dissident, and a man who didn't fit the standards of the general public wherein He lived. He chipped away at the day of rest, He become friends with charge gatherers and whores, and He drove the moneychangers out of the Temple in Jerusalem. (Imprint 3, Matthew 9, Matthew 21). T...

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