CRITICAL PERSPECTIVE ANALYSIS ON “A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND” Women are generally portrayed as emotional and attractive. When someone mentions a woman, the first image that comes to mind is her cooking and her appearance. For example, O'Connor portrays the woman in the story as a follower, weak and foolish. Giving them no moral rights and no contribution. Feminist criticism offers a unique understanding of Flannery O'Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" as it demonstrates a deeper level in how women were portrayed in the 1920s to 1950s. O'Connor publishes his story. in 1955, but he wrote it in 1953. This story is about a family trip to Florida that goes wrong. For one, the female characters are not given names. Only the youngest daughter, June. The author gives a name to each character, except the woman. In fact, even the cat had a name. She thus demonstrates that at the time, women were worth less than an animal. Women give a title based on the role they play in the home as grandmother, mother of the children and the baby. In the report by Neuhaus, “The Path to a Man's Heart: Gender Roles, Domestic Ideology, and Cookbooks in the 1950s.” » Her research shows that a woman's good cooking represents how good a wife she will be. She mentions that women cannot eat only meat salad because they are not strong enough to tear a piece of meat and are so small that they would have to satisfy themselves with a little food. She also mentions that a male figure would never settle for a salad, no matter how big it is. [Jessamyn, Neuhaus] This indicates how the grandmother in O'Connor's story is trying so hard to look presentable, so if someone doesn't see her, they automatically will... au middle of paper......other and they talk to her as they want. The youngest, John Wesley, has no respect for his elders. “If you don’t want to go to Florida, why don’t you stay home?” He talks to his grandmother as if she were his age. This indicates how much the little boy knows that he can treat a woman as he pleases, without respect or compassion. The grandmother is portrayed as an acolyte, for example she doesn't want to go to Florida but then again she goes and no one forces her. . It is a necessity for her to be next to her son. Works Cited Jessamyn, Neuhaus. “The Way to a Man's Heart: Gender Roles, Domestic Ideology, and Cookbooks in the 1950s.” Journal of Social History Vol. 32, no. 3. pp. 529555. Spring 1999. PrintPeter, Jansen. “Feminist Analysis of Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find” ENL 259: Best Essays in Literary Theory, fourth edition, November 2011. Print