In O’Connor’s “The River,” O’Brien’s “The Lives of the Dead,” and Baldwin’s “The Man Child,” a child dies horribly for seemingly no reason. Or
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In O’Connor’s “The River,” O’Brien’s “The Lives of the Dead,” and Baldwin’s “The Man
Child,” a child dies horribly for seemingly no reason. Or is there a reason? If any of these stories seem to have
a point behind the grisly death of a small child, which of these three do you think most clearly makes a point,
and what examples from the story can you draw from to show that point? OR
(Assorted Short Stories) In O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,”
and Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues,” there is some discussion of moral obligations that people are held to in the
context where they live. To be “good” is to fulfill your obligations; to be “evil” is to deliberately refuse your
obligations or even choose the opposite of your obligations. Which of these stories provides the most helpful
guide to being a “good person”? How does it guide the reader?

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