Characters
This character refuses to go to Florida because an escaped killer is headed there.
Who is the grandmother?
The family is traveling from George to this state.
What is Florida?
The cat that causes the crash symbolizes this quality of the grandmother.
What is her hidden dishonesty (or secrets)?
The story begins in this southern U.S. state, where the family lives.
What is Georgia?
This woman wrote "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
Who is Flannery O'Connor?
The grandmother's son, who drives the family car.
Who is Bailey?
The family stops at this barbecue restaurant, where the owner says a good man is hard to find.
What is Red Sammy's (The Tower)?
The grandmother dresses up so that if she dies on the highway, people will know she is one of these.
What is a lady?
The family is driving to this state for their vacation.
What is Florida?
O'Connor was born and raised in this U.S. state.
What is Georgia?
This is the name of the serial killer.
Who is The Misfit?
The grandmother realizes the house is in this state, not Georgia, and her shock causes the car to crash.
What is Tennessee?
The odometer reading she writes down before leaving is an example of this literary device, because the family never returns.
What is foreshadowing (or irony)?
Red Sammy works at this restaurant.
What is The Tower?
O'Connor wrote in this genre, which mixes dark, grotesque elements with Southern settings.
What is Southern Gothic?
The animal that comes along on the trip.
Who is the cat?
The grandmother tricks the family into a detour by claiming this old house has a secret panel hiding the family silver.
What is the plantation house?
After her death, the grandmother is found with her face turned to this, which symbolizes faith and grace.
What is the cloudless sky?
The grandmother remembers an old plantation house at the end of this type of road, where the car crashes. (SAY THE TYPE OF ROAD!!!)
What is a dirt road?
O'Connor's religion, which strongly shaped her writing about goodness and grace.
What is Roman Catholic?
These are the names of the two children who are rude to their grandmother.
Who are John Wesley and June Star?
In the climax, the grandmother seals the family's fate when she says these three words.
What is "You're the Misfit!"?
The grandmother tells herself she is a "lady" while acting this way, which is an example of this literary device where what we expect and what happens are opposite.
What is irony?
The family is led away from the road into these dark, deep surroundings, where the gunshots are heard.
What are the woods?
What region of the U.S. did Flannery O'Conner live in?
What is the south?