The fate and the code of conduct of the Misfit and the grandmother encounter in the short story A good woman is hard to fine by Flannery O’Connor. The story shows selfishness behaviors that raise questions about the characters` ability to show empathy freely despite their disposition. The Misfit attributed his code of conduct by his inability to recall the crime and by the premise of haven't seen any paperwork to substantiate the crime he committed. He said, "I call myself The Misfit, because I can't make what all I done wrong fit what all I gone through in punishment" (O'Connor, 933). Therefore, his moral code is not about what is right or wrong, but what he perceived as gratifying. The question is, whether code of conduct creates a pathway
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The story shows selfishness behaviors that raise questions about the characters` ability to show empathy freely despite their disposition. The Misfit attributed his code of conduct by his inability to recall the crime and by the premise of haven't seen any paperwork to substantiate the crime he was told he committed. He said, "I call myself The Misfit, because I can't make what all I done wrong fit what all I gone through in punishment" (O'Connor, 933). Therefore, his moral code is not about what is right or wrong, but what he perceived as gratifying. The question is, whether our code of conduct creates a pathway that aligns with fate? From a religious perspective fate is God's unchangeable will; the presence of divine forces. Therefore, since one's has no control of God's will one can conclude that a moral code is irrelevant to our fate. The irony of fate is that everything under the universe is part of a designed order that is much bigger than our comprehension and our ability to grasp or understand. Yet many believe that they do have free will to do whatever they
The story shows selfishness behaviors that raise questions about the characters` ability to show empathy freely despite their disposition. The Misfit attributed his code of conduct by his inability to recall the crime and by the premise of haven't seen any paperwork to substantiate the crime he was told he committed. He said, "I call myself The Misfit, because I can't make what all I done wrong fit what all I gone through in punishment" (O'Connor, 933). Therefore, his moral code is not about what is right or wrong, but what he perceived as gratifying. The question is, whether our code of conduct creates a pathway that aligns with fate? From a religious perspective fate is God's unchangeable will; the presence of divine forces. Therefore, since one's has no control of God's will one can conclude that a moral code is irrelevant to our fate. The irony of fate is that everything under the universe is part of a designed order that is much bigger than our comprehension and our ability to grasp or understand. Yet many believe that they do have free will to do whatever they