"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"

I have to say, I really enjoyed "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. O'Connor uses something as normal as a family road trip to Florida and turn the entire story upside down.

In the beginning, the characters seemed, to me, a little plain. It wasn't until the family was on their way to the old plantation that I actually started to like the characters.  They started to feel more familiar as I started to see similarities between the family in the story and a normal family.

I felt that the story started to get interesting after the family stopped at the old diner. After hearing about the escaped convict known as "the Misfit," I knew that he was going to make an appearance at some point in the story.  I car wreck was something that I honestly wasn’t expecting.  However, the appearance of the Misfit was expected.  I did not, however, expect him to kill everyone in the family.  I actually felt bad for the family.  Though this might be because of the connection I felt between the family with, surprisingly, my own (to a point anyway).  I guess the title says it all:  a good man is hard to find.  All in all, I enjoyed the short story.  It was a nice piece that was a quick read.