A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Good Man Is Hard to Find canonical | 10 |
| "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" | 3 |
| A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories | 3 |
| short story collection "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Good Man Is Hard to Find Context triple: [Southern Gothic, associatedWithWork, A Good Man Is Hard to Find]
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A.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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B.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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C.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
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D.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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E.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile is a serialized novel by Stephen King that blends supernatural elements with a poignant death-row drama set in a 1930s Southern prison.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Good Man Is Hard to Find Target entity description: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
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A.
No One Writes to the Colonel
No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.
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B.
Tar Baby
"Tar Baby" is a 1981 novel by Toni Morrison that explores race, class, identity, and desire through the complex relationships between a Black fashion model and a mysterious drifter on a Caribbean island.
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C.
The Ghost of Tom Joad
The Ghost of Tom Joad is a stark, acoustic-driven folk album by Bruce Springsteen that explores themes of social injustice, poverty, and the struggles of marginalized people in contemporary America.
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D.
The Executioner’s Song
The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
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E.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile is a serialized novel by Stephen King that blends supernatural elements with a poignant death-row drama set in a 1930s Southern prison.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Southern Gothic literature
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short story ⓘ short story collection ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ |
| author |
Flannery O'Connor
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surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
Flannery O'Connor ⓘ
surface form:
Flannery O’Connor
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| collectedIn |
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| criticalReputation | classic of American short fiction ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1953 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Avon’s Modern Writing I anthology ⓘ |
| frequentlyAnthologized | true ⓘ |
| genre |
Christian fiction
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Southern Gothic ⓘ dark comedy ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
foreshadowing
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grotesque characterization ⓘ irony ⓘ symbolism ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Bailey
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Bailey’s wife ⓘ John Wesley ⓘ June Star ⓘ the Misfit ⓘ the baby ⓘ the grandmother ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1955 ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Roman Catholic worldview ⓘ |
| setting | a family road trip to Florida ⓘ |
| settingCountry |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| settingRegion |
Southern United States
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surface form:
American South
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| studiedIn |
American literature courses
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Southern studies courses ⓘ religion and literature courses ⓘ |
| theme |
grace
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hypocrisy ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ redemption ⓘ religious faith ⓘ sin ⓘ the nature of goodness ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| tone |
darkly comic
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grim ⓘ ironic ⓘ |
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Subject: A Good Man Is Hard to Find Description of subject: "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" is a classic short story by Flannery O’Connor that exemplifies Southern Gothic fiction through its dark humor, moral ambiguity, and violent exploration of grace and redemption in the American South.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
subject surface form:
Flannery O'Connor
subject surface form:
Mary Flannery O'Connor
subject surface form:
The Misfit
this entity surface form:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
this entity surface form:
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
this entity surface form:
short story collection "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
this entity surface form:
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
this entity surface form:
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
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collectsPreviouslyPublishedIn
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A Good Man Is Hard to Find
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this entity surface form:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories