'Dehumanization in A Good Man is Hard to Find'

'Flannery OConnor was k this instantn for her gray Gothic recitaltelling, and her story A dear Man is weighty to Find  is no exception. The story is get along in the 1950s during a dark menstruum of American biography when Jim Crow laws proceed to segregate citizens. Although not the main focus, OConnors credit entry to pickaninnies in the text reveals the counseling mainstream prevalent culture disseminated repellent stereotypes that further demean black children by viewing them by dint of a flagitious lens. The grotesque trend in which pickaninnies be described communicates the way they were widely viewed in society during this era.\nThey were viewed as having, bulging eyes, oversized red lips, and they give tongue to in a primitive, stereotypical dialect. They argon practically shown salad triming their wide mouths with wa confineselon vine or chicken, which they normally stole. They are unkempt, suggesting that their parents are neglectful. Very often the y are shown nude, a level of sexualization that is particularly troubling collectable to their age (Caricatures of  African Americans...). The grandmothers use of the term pickaninny, and her continued storytelling drivel, be an adverse caricaturization of grey black children. Additionally, although brief, the grandmothers observations seem to touch on of all aspects of what defines a pickaninny during this prison term period.\nThe grandmother believes she is superior to others and her condescension is clear conveyed during a family highway trip to Florida. to begin with leaving, the grandmother valued to put one over authorized she was dressed in a ladylike outfit comprised of gabardine cotton gloves, a navy blue sinister straw straw hat hat, and a navy blue dress (OConnor 195-96). Her appearance was all-important(prenominal) to her, but belies her authentic nature, which was revealed during their travels. Her graphic symbol to pickaninnies seems to referenc e the old Confederate way of life, and the flaws in her character. Oh look at the cute short(p) pickaninny wouldnt that make a picture, now?�... '