Literary Analysis and Critique Paperr

When introducing Misfit, there is a narrative that is linked to the intimacy of the Real. The interesting part of the story is that as a scary story for example in the folklore, the escaped madman is functioning merely as an impetus and the terminus. In a good man, the Misfit is not only the impetus and terminus but Fabula itself. This, therefore, means that without Misfit, there is no story, and therefore, in this case, Misfit functions as real and a reality that the grandmother is trying to fix in her symbolic chain. Just the real, the Misfit is the limit of the experience that is against the symbolization not simply on the incapability of the grandmother to fix him in her symbolic chain as a good man. There is also an inability of this story to effectively mention the Misfit. Misfit is framing real of the story in a manner that is different from the theological structure that is needed for the exegetical consideration. The Misfit frame is presenting a reality that is not or will never be fitting the symbolism of its fabula.

The author is relying upon the opinions written by the previous authors most so the work of Donald Hard and Jacques Lacan on the politeness in the Flanner O'Conner fiction and the anxiety: the seminar of Jacques Lacan respectively. The author is also relying on the textual evidence where the comparison is made based on the evidence provided on the criticism made by the previous authors to support their arguments. The authors compare the criticism that has been offered by these authors in evaluating the undervaluing of the psychological underpinnings while at the same time overvaluing the spiritual underpinnings. According to the author, the role played by Misfit has been ignored or undervalued as a result of the over-evaluation of the religious impacts of the story. According to Harder as used by the author of the selected article, the criticism of O'Connor is usually limited i.e. privileging religious problems and too much focused on theology. While discussing the O'Connor story, through using the perspective of the politeness theory; Hardy states that The O'Conner story is serving to reveal a deeper understanding of the key nature of the fiction that appears to be extending the questions that arises within the story concerning the relationship between the grotesque and the sacramental (Hardy, 2010).

According to the author, Hardy's focus on the grotesque and the sacramental in O'Conner's story is aligning parallel with Jacques Lacan's trinary of the real, the imagery, as well as the symbolic. Hardy is considering the spiritual crippling isolation as a lack of real presence in symbolization. This is a less abstract considered by Lacan in describing the real. According to Lacan, the real is not within the speech, and is not possible to write. While giving a further explanation of the meaning of real, Lacan placed it on Creation Ex Nihilo using the Ethics of Psychoanalysis. Based on this perspective, Lacan described real as the existence of the emptiness at the center of the reality known as a thing (Lacan, 2014).

It is true from the argument offered by the author of the selected article that the story is focused on the grandmother and the religion while missing other important parts of the story. The reading has consistently overlooked the importance of Misfit and the hypocrisy of the grandmother. While looking at the story, the power of the grandmother is ultimately and violently stripped away towards the end of the story. On the other hand, it is evidence that Misfit has controlled the theme from the start of the story even though it might be hard for the reader to recognize this aspect. The special attention given to the grandmother has led to several emergences of criticism against "A Good Man is Hard to Find" not within the universal concern with the dynamics of the reality as hypothesized using Misfit's character.

The ways through which the article could be more effective

Even though the author has used some of the past literature work that is based on the criticism of O'Connor work that is focused on the religion and the grandmother as the character while ignoring the role played by Misfit in the whole story, it is important to exploit more literature work to support the arguments offered. The process of reading "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is unlikely to provide the details information and opportunity of collecting more information that is needed to help in understanding the argument offered by the author to support the thesis. The process of expanding on the number of previous works that are used if offering a theoretical basis as well as giving an opportunity of raising new questions and new significance to evaluate the general work provided by O'Connor.

The provision of many literary works is important in ensuring that the readers get the opportunity of rethinking the story that has been limited by religiosity and focuses on the grandmother while ignoring other key important points in the story including the importance of using Misfit in the story. The process of using more literature on the previous work offers an opportunity of locating more important, more possible interpretations, and getting more meaning in the literature works provided.

References

Hardy, D. E. (2010). Politeness in Flannery O'Connor's Fiction: Social interaction, Language, and the Body." Style. Narrative Representation in Art, Cognition, and Social Interaction, 524-546. Lacan, J. (2014). Anxiety: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book X. Polity Press. Seeley, M. (2020). The Misfit and the Real: a rereading of Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find". Journal of English Langauge ad Literature (JOELL), 7(2).