"A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

DUE THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010

@ 6:00 P.M.

Read "A Good Man is Hard to Find," by Flannery O'Connor (p. 97 of our text)

You may also enjoy an online audio of the story, read by the author herself: A Good Man is Hard to Find (audio) (read by the author, Flannery O'Connor)

Write a First Response to A Good Man is Hard to Find.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Consider archetypes -- which stood out most to you?

*Discuss the grandmother -- how did her behavior affect you?

Provide specific textual details and quotations from the story to justify and/or explain your response to Young Goodman Brown.

Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotations from the story and tell me how the story affected you.

First Response Guidelines:

*8.5x11-inch paper

*1-inch margins

*typed, double-spaced, Cambria 12 font

*minimum one (1) page; maximum two (2) pages

Upper left-hand corner of the paper, single spaced:

FIRST AND LAST NAME

February 11, 2010

Professor Melinda Roberts

Comp & Lit II: Spring 2010

Centered Title (all caps and bolded):

RESPONSE PAPER: "A GOOD MAN IS HARD TO FIND"