A Good Man is Hard to Find

by Flannery O'Connor

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Topics
Character Roles (Protagonist, Antagonist...)
Tools of Characterization
Characters
The Grandmother
The Misfit
Bailey
June Star
John Wesley
The Mother
The Mother Timeline
Bobby Lee
Hiram
Red Sammy
Red Sammy's Wife
Pitty Sing
The Baby

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The Mother Timeline and Summary

On the day of the trip, the mother is silent and feeding the baby.
The mother is quiet for most of the trip.
The mother is hurled out of the car in the accident, but appears relatively unharmed.
The mother has to watch as Bailey and John Wesley are taken and shot of in the woods.
The mother, now quite distraught, is herself taken and killed in the woods, along with her two remaining children, June Star and the baby.