“A Good Man is Hard to Find”

1. What roles does religion play in this story?
2. Do you think this story would be different if in the same time-period but in the North? Furthermore, how does the Southern setting affect the story?
3. What is the significance of the grandmother's recognizing or mistaking the Misfit for one of [her] own children right before she dies?
   Textbook
   Mays, Kelly J. The Norton Introduction to Literature: Portable 12th Edition. New York: Norton, 2017.

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