A Good Man Is Hard To Find 读后感(11页).doc

-Analyze “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” - Indifference The fiction “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” tragic story. The family planned to go to Florida on holiday, but after knowing The Misfit headed toward Florida, the grandmother insisted on going to east Tennessee. On the way, the grandmother wanted to go to a plantation where she often visited in the young. Therefore she persuaded other family members to drive to there. Unfortunately, they had an accident because of the dirt road. They requested three people who passed by in there to help them. However the grandmother recognized them, and these people just were The Misfit. Finally the family members were killed by The Misfit. After reading this, the tragedy that the family members were killed can let you recall the title of the fiction. Maybe you can ask that why these good people could meet the bad people? However, my understanding is not like this. In my opinion, nearly all the people in the fiction cannot be considered as good man. They were hypocritical and selfish, and they only paid attention to their own right and feeling. The title reflects a fact that a world that a good people is hard to find is filled with indifference. Certainly, in a selfish and hypocritical world, a good man is hard to find. Thus, I think that the topic of the fiction reflects indifference. Next, I will discuss the indifference in the story. Family indifference The grandmother seemed to believe in God, and she also liked a devout Christian. However, in my opinion, she was good at disguise because she was hypocritical, vainglorious, and selfish. In the beginning of the story, the grandmother tried to persuade her son Bailey not to take a holiday in Florida, and she only wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee. She said: “I wouldnt take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it” (paragraph1) because the person called The Misfit headed toward Florida. She used the reason only to satisfy her individual purpose. Thus, this showed that she was selfish. However, “Bailey didnt look up from his reading” (paragraph2). This showed that Bailey did not respect and love his mother. The relationship between them was indifferent, and they lacked communicate with each other. She was not successful able to persuade her son, and she tried to seek help form Baileys wife. But, “The childrens mother didnt seem to hear her” (paragraph3). The two children, John Wesley and June Star did not respect their grandmother, and they satirized the grandmother: “If you dont want to go to Florida, why dontcha stay at home?” (Paragraph 3). On the way to east Tennessee, the grandmother only wanted to go to a plantation where she often visited in the young. Therefore she persuaded other family members to drive to there even if she ignored a fact that the dirt road was hard to drive. I think the description shows that the grandmother is extreme shellfish. When they had an accident, the two children could not care for their relatives safety. On the opposition, they were extreme disappointed because nobody was killed. You know, they face with their relative. Reading to this, the scene makes me very surprise. I think that these details can highlight the relationship among the family members is extreme not harmonious, and these plots also reflect the indifference. Thus, from my perspective, the relationship among the family members was extreme indifferent. Faced with The Misfit fellow, the grandmother only considered her own safe: “You wouldnt shoot a lady, would you?” (Paragraph 86). She did not consider her childrens safety, and she complimented The Misfit people again and again. This showed that the grandmother was selfish. In my opinion, the family lacks love and communication, which led to the indifference. When the family members had an accident, the grandmother said: “I believe I have injured an organ.” (Paragraph69). But nobody responded to her. However, as the oldest member in the family, the grandmothers safety was not cared for by her children. This plot also shows that the family members are indifferent and selfish. When the grandmother recognized The Misfit, “Bailey turned his head sharply and said something to his mother that shocked even the children.” (Paragraph84). “The old lady began to cry and The Misfit reddened” (Paragraph84). Obviously, Baileys attitude was very rude and indifferent. In my opinion, Baileys action was not accidental, and it was formed by family environment. From the description, we cannot image the degree of indifference in the family, and The Misfit also reddens about it. Bailey was the grandmothers son. He did not care for anything happened around him, and anything in his eye were not important. On the way, he still drove the vehicle, and the family members nearly had not any communication. Even if after the accident, except anger Bailey had not any words. When his mother tried to persuade him to drive to east Tennessee, he even if ignored his mother. From Baileys characteristic, it also reflects a fact that in the indifferent society, the relationship among family members is also indifferent. In my opinion, the author described the indifference in the family, and the problem cannot only existed in a particular family. The family may stand for the temporal society. This may be a social problem, and next I will discuss this aspect. Social indifferenceIn the fiction, the problem of indifference also present in a widely aspect that is society. Social indifference makes people and people lack the communication and emotion. Few people can consider other peoples right and feeling, and nearly all people live in their own world. When the grandmother saw a black boy who did not have any britches on, she laughed at him: “Little niggers in the country dont have things like we do.” (Paragraph 20). From my perspective, the grandmother did not consider his feeling, and she did not realize the pain in black people. This also reflected discrimination and indifference.The conversation between the grandmother and Red Sammy also showed indifference: “People are certainly not nice like they used to be.” (Paragraph35). It seemed that they both expressed a fact that good man was not to find. However, their conversation lacked emotion, and is not sincere. This also shows that the problem of indifference still exist in society.In the paragraph 117, The Misfit also said that he was treated unjustly. From his words, the words are filled with sincerity, it is convincing. This makes me to think that his evil may be promoted by the unfairness and indifference in the society. Just the indifference, he became a wicked man. In my opinion, this plot also recall the title “A Good Man Is Hard To Find”.In a word, an indifferent feeling can be found in the fiction, and I conclude that the indifference could lead to the fictions tragedy. In the fiction, indifference exists in the family and society. Besides, when indifference is developed in a certain level, it can cause some serious problems. Throughout the fiction, all the contents recall the title tightly. Therefore, I think that people should build a harmonious relationship rather than an indifferent relationship. Maybe this is the fictions topic, and this may be what the author want to tell us. 第 11 页-