There isn 't much question, whether or not he is a psychopathic specifically when he gives the reason for him being in the federal penitentiary, "It was a head doctor at the penitentiary said what I had done was kill my daddy". However, it is when the reader begins to equally scrutinize the grandmother that they realize that regardless of her not killing anyone, she has very similar qualities to the "Misfit". Both selfish and manipulative, the Grandmother 's main conflict lies between her Id and Superego. From the beginning the family was set for Florida, but the Grandmother had her mind set on Tennessee. Rather than only acknowledging her distaste, she goes out of her way to say "The children have been to Florida before", knowing that maybe this would make for a more convincing argument. She does not truly care for what is in the best interest of her grandchildren. The author goes out of her way to describe the baby 's reaction to his grandmother as she bounced him on her knee, he would "occasionally gave her a faraway smile. The use of "far away", gives the reader the impression that not even the baby can form a connection, revealing the Grandmother 's cold, distant nature. Her selfishness and inability to consider others is deeply rooted in the Id component of her personality. This supports how she is similar, if not, equally as psychopathic as the Misfit
There isn 't much question, whether or not he is a psychopathic specifically when he gives the reason for him being in the federal penitentiary, "It was a head doctor at the penitentiary said what I had done was kill my daddy". However, it is when the reader begins to equally scrutinize the grandmother that they realize that regardless of her not killing anyone, she has very similar qualities to the "Misfit". Both selfish and manipulative, the Grandmother 's main conflict lies between her Id and Superego. From the beginning the family was set for Florida, but the Grandmother had her mind set on Tennessee. Rather than only acknowledging her distaste, she goes out of her way to say "The children have been to Florida before", knowing that maybe this would make for a more convincing argument. She does not truly care for what is in the best interest of her grandchildren. The author goes out of her way to describe the baby 's reaction to his grandmother as she bounced him on her knee, he would "occasionally gave her a faraway smile. The use of "far away", gives the reader the impression that not even the baby can form a connection, revealing the Grandmother 's cold, distant nature. Her selfishness and inability to consider others is deeply rooted in the Id component of her personality. This supports how she is similar, if not, equally as psychopathic as the Misfit