A Good Man Is Hard to Find

Author : Flannery O’ Connor Author : Flannery O’ Connor Birth Place: Savannah, Georgia Birth Place: Savannah, Georgia Roman Catholic Roman Catholic Georgia State College for Women Georgia State College for Women - English & Sociology - English & Sociology University of Iowa University of Iowa - Writer’s Workshop - Writer’s Workshop

Author Continued Influneces - Roman Catholic Background - Bible Belt South - Nathaniel Hawthorne About Her Stories - Setting of her stories are in the South - Characters in her stories are always bratty children, malcontents, incompetents, pious frauds, racists, and bewildered intellectuals

Elements of Fiction Elements of Fiction

Plot Definition: Refers to the series of events that give a story its meaning and effect. In most stories, these events arise out of conflict experienced by the main character. Definition: Refers to the series of events that give a story its meaning and effect. In most stories, these events arise out of conflict experienced by the main character. - Conflict:The basic tension, predicament, or challenge that propels a story's plot - Conflict:The basic tension, predicament, or challenge that propels a story's plot - Climax: The plot's most dramatic and revealing moment, usually the turning point of the story

Characterization Definition: The process by which an author presents and develops a fictional character. Definition: The process by which an author presents and develops a fictional character. Characters: Grandmother, Bailey, Wife & baby, June Star, John Welsley, Misfit and his friends Hiram and Bobby Lee Characters: Grandmother, Bailey, Wife & baby, June Star, John Welsley, Misfit and his friends Hiram and Bobby Lee Protagonist: A story’s main character. Protagonist: A story’s main character. - Grandmother - Grandmother Antagonist: The character or force in conflict with the protagonist Antagonist: The character or force in conflict with the protagonist - Misfit - Misfit

Round & Flat Characters Round character: A complex, fully developed character, often prone to change Round character: A complex, fully developed character, often prone to change - Grandmother - Grandmother Flat character: A one-dimensional character, typically not central to the story Flat character: A one-dimensional character, typically not central to the story - Misfit - Misfit

Setting Definition: Is the story’s time and place. Definition: Is the story’s time and place. - Rural Georgia - Rural Georgia Mood: The underlying feeling or atmosphere produced by a story Mood: The underlying feeling or atmosphere produced by a story - Excitement - Excitement - Fear - Fear

Point of View Definition: refers to the source and scope of the narrative voice. Definition: refers to the source and scope of the narrative voice. Third-person omniscient, the narrative voice can render information from anywhere, including the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters. Third-person omniscient, the narrative voice can render information from anywhere, including the thoughts and feelings of any of the characters.

Style & Tone Style: refers to the language conventions used to construct the story. A fiction writer can manipulate diction, sentence structure, phrasing, dialogue, and other aspects of language to create style. Style: refers to the language conventions used to construct the story. A fiction writer can manipulate diction, sentence structure, phrasing, dialogue, and other aspects of language to create style. - Southern Language - Southern Language Tone: Refers to the attitude that the story creates toward its subject matter. Tone: Refers to the attitude that the story creates toward its subject matter. - Direct and Comic - Direct and Comic

Theme Defintion: Is the meaning or concept we are left with after reading a piece of fiction. Defintion: Is the meaning or concept we are left with after reading a piece of fiction. - Respect - Respect

Symbolism Defintion: The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships. Defintion: The practice of representing things by means of symbols or of attributing symbolic meanings or significance to objects, events, or relationships. - Kids - Wrong Turn