A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Al Roosten Analysis

Would you consider yourself good or evil? â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard To Find,† written by Flannery O’Connor, is a short story written about a grandmother and her son’s family traveling on vacation, coming into contact with some trouble. The grandmother and her family are killed by fugitives, the Misfit and his accomplices, while waiting for help after a car crash. â€Å"Al Roosten,† written by George Saunders, is a short story written about a man, Al Roosten, who is a businessman that is at a charity event participating in an auction, precipitating awareness for drug use and abuse. While participating in the charity auction, Roosten rambles his thoughts and gives his views on each man being auctioned. Throughout, â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard To Find† â€Å"Al†¦show more content†¦One can witness the following allegations due to Roosten thought process. Roosten is thinking before walking out for the charity auction, â€Å"Whoops? Cheers? Would he get cheers? Whoops? He doubt it. Who whooped/cheered for the round bald guy in the gondolier costume?†(93). In the quote, one can observe Roosten questioning himself and his confidence on his appearance. Roosten having a sense of insecurity and having to question himself, demonstrates his lack of confidence. In the short story â€Å"A Good Man Is Hard To Find,† O’Connor brings in the focus of the the Misfit, and how he displayed a perception of good vs. evil, when he and the grandmother had a conversation. During the conversation with the grandmother, the grandmother convinced the Misfit that he may be one of her own bringing out an emotional side in him. O’Connor states, â€Å"His voice seemed about to crack and the grandmother’s head cleared for an instant. She saw the man’s face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured,’Why you’re one of my babies. You’re one of my own children!’ She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest†(132). The one on one conversation between the grandma and The Misfit resulted in an effect to The Misfit’s feelings, proving he still had feelings due to his evil, dark background. The sensitive statement the grandmother said shocked the Misfit,