“A Good Man is Hard to Find” is known as one of the most famous examples of Southern Gothic literature, which seems to be the specialty of O'Connor. O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a well-developed short story and "the most famous example of Southern Gothic literature" because it incorporates God's divine grace, as well as his subtle use of irony. and symbolism, particularly the setting and event of death. Flannery O'Conner was born March 25, 1925, in Savanna, Georgia. In 1937, O'Connor's father, Edward F. O'Connor, was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (Biography.com). In 1946, she was accepted into the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa, where she studied journalism. In 1951, he was also diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus. I think these two things that happened to her and her father are what gave her such influence of God's divine grace in her stories. She probably realized sometime after her diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus that everything happens for a reason and that God has a bigger plan for us. God did this by granting us his grace, an unmerited favor given to humanity by sending his son to die on a cross, thereby delivering eternal salvation. O'Connor weaves God's grace into such a sad story and gives the story a touch of humor throughout. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” has all the characteristics I look for in a short story. The story is about a family that doesn't get along very well. The father, Bailey, decides he wants to take the family on vacation. Of course, there is disagreement about which direction they want to take. Bailey wants to take his family to Florida, which includes his wife, two children and his mother, also... middle of paper ... it has symbolic meaning, because Christ died on the cross and rose again. the third day. He also had three nails driven into each of his hands and into his feet. The grandmother was spiritually empty her entire life, but after The Misfit shot her for the third time, she died physically and became spiritually alive. The way O'Connor wrote the short story is what makes the story so enjoyable to read. She incorporated a little religion, but didn't delve too much into the subject to the point where I felt like I was in Sunday school. The irony of the story added some needed humor when it was needed. What made the story even more enjoyable was when I researched Flanner O'Connor's life, which helped me understand her past, and it showed that she was simply herself when she wrote. She didn't just write a story, she wrote the most famous examples of Southern Gothic literature..