“A Good Man is Hard to Find”- Flannery O’Connel

 Essay must be 2500 words (including Works Cited pg) with 6 secondary
sources in order to pass.
 Must be written in MLA form (i.e. 12pt font, Times New Roman, Double-
Spaced, proper citation of sources and Works Cited pg., etc.)
 4 of the 6 sources must be articles from literary journals or chapters from
books that are at least 8 pgs long.
 No more than 2 sources can be from the same publication (i.e. only 2
articles from The Arizona Quarterly or The Hemingway Review)
 No more than 2 sources from the same author, scholar, or critic
(i.e. only two articles from Melinda Brooks, Ph.D.)
 Have at least 2 sources dated after 1980 (All 6 may be post-1980)
 No Cliffs Notes, Spark Notes, Encyclopedias, Wikipedia, About.com, etc.
type sources. (The Bloom, Twayne, or Cambridge critical companion
series are fine, but can only use 1 of them).
 Must quote/cite at least once from each of your 6 sources. No more than
3 times from any one source.
 Must quote from the story at least 6 times – no more than 12.
 At least 2 of your 6 sources must be about the story (i.e. about
“Soldier’s Home” – {2 of your sources can, however, be outside
of the author and story: for instance a historical source about the
Jazz Age or about Women in Victorian Culture}
 Need at least 2 Block quotes in Essay (no more than 4); and must
paraphrase/cite at least 2 times.
 Have an Thematic Introduction and a Thesis Statement somewhere by
bottom of pg 1 or top of pg 2 at the latest.
 Essay must be submitted to TurnItIn.com or will automatically fail.
 All of the above are the fundamental, departmentally mandated
requirements necessary to simply pass the assignment, and thus
the course.