The two short stories that are not only common to each other but also differ in many ways are “The Rocking – Horse Winner” by D. H. Lawrence and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor. Both of these short stories portray characters and their behaviors as a way to shape the stories and support the outcomes that occurs at the end. In my perspective, the women and men in these stories shape what will happen until the end. In “The Rocking – Horse Winner” it is Hesty, the mother and her behavior and attitude towards her family and life itself and the son Paul and his willingness to become lucky that shape the story while on the other hand in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” it is the grandmother with her selfishness and the misfit with his killing spree and confusion about his life that shape the story. …show more content…
She was only after the money and wanting to spend it to the point where no matter how much she received, it was not enough for her. Though she married for love, that love was not enough and her love for her family was gone and she felt nothing in her heart for them, not even her children. She thought that her children were a burden that was thrown upon her. On top of that she considered herself and her husband very unlucky because they never had enough money. In reality it was their expensive taste based on their little income that caused them to never have enough