摘要：

在美国南方作家中，弗兰纳里•奥康纳以其深刻的主题、独特的风格和卓越的写作手法赢得了评论家和中外读者的一致喜爱。《好人难寻》是奥康纳最富盛名的作品之一。本文借用弗洛伊德的人格结构理论，通过对小说中的不合时宜的人、老祖母、贝雷三个主要人物性格的分析，探讨各自在故事情节中体现的本我、自我、超我间的冲突及造成这种不同人格失衡的原因，试图从心理分析的视角揭示其作品的主题意义。

关键词：弗洛伊德；人格结构；《好人难寻》；主人公性格

Abstract:

Flannery O’Conner, the American Southern woman writer, has won the favor of critics and readers in and abroad for profound themes, unique style and distinguish writing skills. A Good Man Is Hard to Find is one of her most famous works. This paper intends to employ Freudian theory of personality structure to analyze the personalities of three important characters- the Misfit, Grandmother, Bailey and their respective conflicts among Id, Ego and Superego in the plot development as well as the reasons of their abnormal psyche. The paper tries to explore the thematic meaning from a new aspect.

Key words: Freud; Personality Structure; A Good Man Is Hard To Find ; Protagonists’ Characters

1. Introduction
This paper intends to employ Freudian theory of personality structure to analyze the personality of several important characters, their respective conflicts among Id, Ego and Superego in the plot development as well as the reasons of their abnormal psyche. The paper tries to explore the thematic meaning from a new aspect. Flannery O’Conner, the American Southern woman writer, has aroused the concern of many scholars for her deep understanding of religious subject. One of her masterpieces is A Good Man Is Hard to Find. Freud divided personality into Id, Ego and Superego. In the story, the characters' psychology and character accords well with Freudian psychoanalytic theory, for there are similar conflicts among Id, Ego and Superego in the plot development.