In “Killings” by Andre Dubus and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O'Connor, the theme of death is apparent in both films. the news. Both have a plot that revolves around death and murder. They differ because in Dubus' story the theme of death is evident as the whole plot revolves around murder, but in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" there are many symbols of death as well as a major theme of death. Additionally, the endings of the stories make for an interesting comparison because they both end from the perspective of a murderer. In "Killings", the reader is left with a feeling of depression and an unsolvable ending, while in "A Good Man is Hard to Find", the reader is left with the feeling that the story has been somewhat resolved even after all this horrible fatality. The endings of these stories leave the reader with opposing feelings and Dubus and O'Connor show their different worldviews through these endings. “Killings” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” vary in their points of view. “Killings” is the story of two murders, told from the perspective of the father whose son was killed. The father decides to take revenge and kill his son's killer, Richard Strout. Since it is the father who tells the story, we can see how all of his thoughts are based on the death of his son and the act of killing Strout. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is written from the perspective of a grandmother who goes on a trip with her family. Therefore, there is not always this apparent theme of death throughout the story, but it appears more simply at the end when the perspective shifts to "the Misfit", who is the murderer of the grandmother. This may seem because the narrator in "Killings" is actually a mu...... middle of paper ... filled with a feeling of remorse. Whereas in "A Good Man is Hard to Find", the The murder of the grandmother and her family is resolved as well as possible because the grandmother is filled with a kind of understanding and love for her own murderer, and the murderer does not feel remorse as the murderer does. father had felt in “Killings.” Overall, these two short stories can be related for their main theme of fate, but also contrasted because of their opposing perspectives and seemingly opposite endings Works Cited “Murders. "The Bedford Introduction to Literature 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St Martin's 2011. Print. O'Connor, Flannery. Bedford literature 9th ed. Michel Meyer. Boston: Bedford/St Martins 2011. 442-460..