When the grandmother in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” experiences a dramatic moment so intense that it cannot be avoided or ignored, what happens to the character? What happens when that character adapts or does not change at all? Write an essay delving into the problem of how a character faces a potentially life-altering event. Show why the character is put in the presence of that event and who or what forces the character into that position.
In the environment of an academic setting, what can we say we are trying to work out for ourselves by reading fiction?