The title “ A Good Man Is Hard to Find” contributes to the theme of good vs. evil. The grandmother is trying to prove at some point …show more content…
evil. The reason behind that is because the good can be found in someone who is evil.For example towards the ending of the story after the Misfit kills the rest of the family he is left with the decision to kill the grandmother or or not. He wasn't always this evil person all his life though. At some point in time he went through something that made him choose the wrong path.The grandmother tried to get him to see things from a positive perspective by suggesting that if he prays to God and believe that he can be forgiven and can see the good in himself. She thinks that this will also help her and keep her alive. The change in her attitude is the fact that she went from thinking that the Misfit was an evil person who can't possibly be good. This was an example of good vs. evil. The grandmother who was supposed to be the good was up against the Misfit who was the evil character, for her