1 You can do one thing or do another, kill a man or take a tire off his car, because sooner or later you will forget what you did and just be punished for it. This quote was stated in Flannery O'Connors' story of A Good Man is Hard to Find, she was a Catholic all her life, which motivated her to write stories and influence them. In A Good Man is Hard to Find, many examples of religion were revealed in his literature, such as the one presented, and more examples followed. 2 The above statement is when The Misfit said this near the end of the story, just before sending the children's mother, the baby, and June Star into the woods to be killed. 2 The Misfit tells the grandmother that he was punished for a crime he doesn't remember, and that's the lesson he learned from it.2 According to the Misfit's speculation, whatever the crime was , big or small, the consequence will be the same, even if one never remembers what he did.2 This idea of ​​being punished for a crime that one does not remember refers to the Christian belief in original sin. 2 According to Christian theology, all humans are sinful from birth, for which they will be eternally punished. 2 But only by the grace of God can men be saved. 2 In this perception, humans "forget" their crime, but are nonetheless punished, just as the Misfits say. 2 Even more, the grandmother has her moment of grace when she recognizes the Misfit as one of her "own children", recognizing for the first time how much she resembles him. 2 She is not morally superior, as she always believed. 2 Instead, both struggle in their own ways to come to terms with the difficult and often questionable belief of the Christian faith.3...... middle of paper ......thoughts and lifestyle O'Connor lives throughout its history. The many examples presented on religion and Christianity play a role on the reader and lead the student to realize that O' Connor was trying to "sell" his particular perception of life in this world as valid. Works cites Drake, Robert.5 "'The Mad and Bloody Shadow of Jesus' in the Fiction of Flannery O'Connor." Studies in Comparative Literature 3.2 (1966): 183-196. Rep. 5 in contemporary literary criticism. Ed. Sharon R. Gunton. Flight. 21. Detroit: 6 Gale Research, 1982. Gale Library Resources. Internet. April 24, 2014.Renascence: Essays on Values ​​in Literature. 52.4 (summer 2000): p311. 6 From the Literature Resource Center. “O’Connors Short Stories.” Np, nd Web. April 30. 2014.7