O’Connor uses the passage above to show that in this story, grace is obtained from acts of evil and the use of violence is used to promote spiritual epiphany. In this case, the Grandmother’s true colors are seen in the minutes right before the Misfit utters those infamous words. Unable to believe that the Misfit might actually be as dishonorable as he seems to be, she speaks to The Misfit about the salvation of Jesus and seeing “good” in a murderer during the final moments of her life. Ironically, the Grandmother calls upon her Christian faith, something she has merely flaunted rather than lived, to save
