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At the end of Flannery O'Connor's story "A Good Man is Hard to Find,” a Grandmother calls an escaped fugitive known as the Misfit “one of [her] babies” after his gang has murdered her family while she pleaded to be spared. Some see her gesture as a “moment of grace” while others see it as a final appeal for respect for her Southern ladyhood or a recognition of her own stubbornness in the Misfit. This paper argues that regardless of the author’s theological intentions, the story offers insufficient evidence that the Grandmother has the faith required to receive God’s grace.
