KBCC ENG 40 Short Fiction

The story "a good man is hard to find" is about a family that live in the south and is taking a vacation to Florida. You could say that the real journey was not  taken from one place to another but that it took place in the family's lives. One of the main question that comes up is how can a good man be defined and why is there only a few of them left in the world. Most, if not all of the characters think that they good. This could be based on the moral ethics that they live by and which helps to define and shape them into the person that they are. Some of these moral ethics are obviously flawed as we can see in the story. So another question that come up is, are these characters blinded by their own piousness. It appears as if the authors main purpose was to reveal some moral message to the reader. O'Connor used setting, plot, characterization to show human behavior can be seen in a negative light. These negative behaviors can affect our lives and the lives of others...

The "use of force" is a short story that shows the conflicts between the basic impulses of humans, the professional role of doctors and the concerns for the social welfare of patients. The doctor is represented as the central authority, who is control and has the source of knowledge. His authority was challenged by his patient and his basic impulses kicked in and could not be suppressed. So the doctor was having conflicts with his basic impulses and his professional role. The doctor persisted because he was thinking of the social welfare of his patient, so he had to get the culture  in order to make her well.