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English 102Professor Su SuoccaiArnaud Fragniere19 February 2014The different aspects of the nannas temperament in A levelheaded Man Is substantial to Find In Flannery OConnors story A Good Man Is Hard to find, the author narrates the events as a triplet person, centering it on the nan who decides to go with her whole family for a high government agency trip from Georgia to Florida. The nan does not want to go to Florida. During the transit she selfishly and manipulatively forces the whole family to go see a plantation that she erroneously think is on the way. This results in them having an accident and meeting the Misfit, an extremely untamed criminal who defies the beliefs that Christians have in the ability of Jesus to raise the wild. As the story develops, the Misfit and his accomplices kill all(prenominal) members of the family except for the grandmother, who up to her death, falsely tries to convince herself and the Misfit that he is a good man. At the end, th e grandmother has a moment of grace. However, it proves unavailing as the Misfit, proceeds to kill her without remorse. end-to-end the text we realize that the major trait of the grandmothers personality is the fact that she considers herself as morally superior. This is based on her belief that she is a lady sophisticated, wealthy, overall better of a woman. In her eyes, this allows her to judge others. non only does she see herself as superior, but she thinks that her faith along with her creation a good Christian would fulfill her from anything that could cross her path. We discover that she is as well as extremely selfish and manipulative for her, her life has much more observe than anything else, including the life of her children and grandchildren. To unders... ...e times through the chest. The grandmothers selfishness and ability to belie people fails to help her during the biggest threat that she has to face through her entire conception her imminent death. Her inability to change the Misfits mind and manipulate him the way she wants costs her life. Oconnors story shows us an old grandmother who considers her as a superior person being powerless against her antagonist in life. The Misfit, this criminal who doesnt believe there is real pleasure in life challenges everything the old lady might say or do in order to live. The old lady tries in vain to save her life using all the tools that she knows, even if she selfishly has to serve this spirit and letting her whole family get killed. The grandmother must abandon all of her manipulative self-absorption, her focus on class and her external show of Christianity.