Each humanities course focuses on a different aspect of the human condition. History is tinged by the perception of the writer, while Sociology focuses on the human society, and psychology focuses on the human mind. Literature on the other hand, has the unique ability to incorporate all of these through short stories and plays. Over the semester we have had assignments where we had to read several of these. In each of these, there always seemed to be some sort of moral dilemma. Sometimes the characters would have an epiphany and other times they would not. However, just because a character has an epiphany does not mean that the story line will take a turn for the better. Sometimes the epiphany comes so late that there is nothing that can be done.
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Some people are caught up in their own self-worth that they never take the opportunity to “see” the people around them. This could easily be argued as human nature or a sign of the times. Can it be concluded that the Misfit is an immoral person? I mean after all, he kills an entire family and show little to no remorse. Even when he comes across the family, there is not pretense that he plans to kill them. Isn’t it possible that he would have let them live if the grandmother had not took notice of whom he was? In the story he says, “but it would have been better for all of you, lady, if you hadn’t of reckernized me.
Some people are caught up in their own self-worth that they never take the opportunity to “see” the people around them. This could easily be argued as human nature or a sign of the times. Can it be concluded that the Misfit is an immoral person? I mean after all, he kills an entire family and show little to no remorse. Even when he comes across the family, there is not pretense that he plans to kill them. Isn’t it possible that he would have let them live if the grandmother had not took notice of whom he was? In the story he says, “but it would have been better for all of you, lady, if you hadn’t of reckernized me.