English week 4 theme practice assingment
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Using either Katherine Mansfield’s “The Garden Party” or Flannery
O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” briefly identify a topic that the
story takes up, the attitude that the story takes towards the topic, and
craft a theme statement based on what you’ve found.
Topic the story takes: religious redemption and faith
Attitude the story takes:
The story examines the kindness and seeming
redemption that occurs between the grandmother and the misfit.
Theme statement: O'Connor evidently brings attention to the theme of
religious redemption by bringing forth religious propositions such as
death as a test of fate, grace in everyday life, and the kinship of sinners
upon the grandmother attempting to redeem the misfit as being a good
man.
death as a test of fate, grace in everyday life, and the kinship of sinners
Within the short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” by Flannery
O’Connor, we are presented with the theme of religion and faith.
O’Connor brings attention to this topic by bringing forth religious
propositions such as death as a test of fate, grace in everyday life, and
the kinship of sinners. The concepts reoccur vigorously throughout the
story, resulting in the formation of a religious theme.
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religion/faith
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Death as a test of faith: In her final moments, the grandmother
attempts to reach out to the Misfit and show him love, highlighting
her discovery of true faith.
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Grace in everyday life: Only extraordinary circumstances allows a
selfish character like the grandmother to truly understand the
meaning of grace.
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The kinship of sinners: By identifying the Misfit as "one of her own
children," the Grandmother recognizes the kinship between those
who grapple with sinful vices.
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https://www.boyd.k12.ky.us/userfiles/447/Classes/28660/A
%20Good%20Man%20Is%20Hard%20To%20Find.pdf
Topic the story takes:
religious redemption and faith
Attitude the story takes:
The story examines the kindness and seeming
redemption that occurs between the initially selfish grandmother and the
misfit.
Theme statement:
O'Connor evidently brings attention to the theme of
religious redemption by bringing forth religious propositions such as death
as a test of faith, grace, and the redemption among sinners upon the
grandmother attempting to show decency and redeem the misfit as being a
good man despite being in a possibly fatal situation.
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