How are the style and tone of the narrator's voice different than that of the characters in "A Good Man is Hard to Find"?

The
detached third-person narrator in Flannery OConnors story is positioned as omniscient. The
reader is thus encouraged to accept the narrators position as neutral or impartial, and by
extension to question how the narrator learned the events that are presented in the story. All
these factors seem to suggest that the narrator could be equated with the author. In contrast,
however, the narrator often uses a wry, ironic tone which suggests disapproval of the characters
and their actions. The descriptions of their appearance and the relation of their dialogue both
indicate that the narrator positions themselves as having a superior education and coming from a
higher class than the characters.

Although the Misfit and the people he
victimizes clearly cannot be equated, the narrators lightly critical tone suggests that no one
is...