A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery OConnor

A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'ConnorThe best way to win the approval of your girlfriend is hard to find by Flannery O'Connor. This is her account of life as a woman. She is on a road trip to visit her brother, who has had a stroke. Her brother can't communicate and his wife has taken up with another man.When she comes home, her brother's wife, Mary, finds her there and offers to bring her back to their home if she would sleep with her. Just before they leave, her brother begs her not to go, but he couldn't restrain himself and he gave in. She still needs to get back home to her husband, Milton, who is away fighting in the war. Her younger sister, Ellen, also comes to stay with them.When Mary and her husband return from war, they find a distraught and sad Milton and Ellen by the side of the road. Mary can't think of what to do to help her brother. She decides to take the two sisters to a bed and breakfast. There, she sees that there is more than enough room for the two girl s. They are given a room and a meal for two. Ellen thinks this is the best idea.She feels sorry for her brother, but she is happy when she finds out that Milton is in a car accident. He stays at the bed and breakfast because it is cheaper than a hospital. The bed and breakfast owner, Grady, takes Milton to a hospital in an ambulance. As they wait for Milton to arrive, Mary hears voices from the other side of the room. They are from two doctors, Jack and Myrtle. They tell her that she will need to see one of them.At the hospital, Mary sees a handsome doctor who is, unbeknownst to her, a Nazi who wants to kill her. She is unable to save Milton, but she does know how to save her brother, who is completely paralyzed from the neck down. She goes to the bed and breakfast where her father is staying and asks him to have Mary admitted there.Mary stays in the bed and breakfast and gives a little money to her father. Meanwhile, Jack and Myrtle come and visit Mary. They wonder why she has not told them about her brother and how she came to stay at the bed and breakfast. Myrtle tells her she was given it by the doctor and says, 'It was his desire, her desire.' Mary begins to cry and tells them that her father was at the bed and breakfast when the two doctors came in. Myrtle tells her to forget about it and goes away.Mary is worried that if she told anyone that she had been in bed and breakfast, she would have failed in her mission of finding a good man is hard to find. But she has just met Milton and this is a new person to her. She goes back to the bed and breakfast. A woman, named Mrs. Lovejoy, comes and asks her to stay until someone can come and take her. She goes back to her room.A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor is a great read that sets the mood for this period novel. It is set during World War II, but is also set in the 1950s. It tells the story of a great friendship and romance between a woman and a young man. It explores some themes of love and los s, and religion and spirituality. Flannery O'Connor is well known for her work as a novelist, but this book will have you reading her work again.