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The family gets into a car accident caused by Grandmother's cat, Pitty Sing, who she hid in a basket away from the family. The family will be approached by three men, one of which the Grandmother will identify as the Misfit, the convicted criminal who had escaped prison and was on the run. The Misfit will mislead the family into believing that he and his friends will assistance them with fixing their car, instead the family, excluding the Grandmother, will be directed into the woods and shot to death. Even after the death of her son and family the Grandmother is still convinced that the Misfit still has good in him but only if he spared her life stating, “You've got good blood! I know you wouldn't shoot a lady!” in this scene it is evident that the Grandmother is selfish and although they have already did away with her family she feels she's was worthy to live merely because she was a lady (Bedford/St. Martins 151). The Grandmother repetitiously tells the Misfit to pray, implying that he can be saved or redeemed of his sins and that the Lord will have mercy on him if he spares her life, in contrary she couldn't even formulate the conscience to pray and she
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The Grandmother never uttered a word about God or prayer until she was down on her luck, the Misfit acknowledging that the woman “would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute in her life”, did not spare her life merely cause she was a lady, what she interpreted as being morally good (Bedford/St. Martin 152). The paradox of the story is that in the beginning the Grandmother discusses with her son how she could not answer to her conscience if she allowed the kids to go the way of the Misfit but it was her that the kids should have been protected from. I learned from this story that one should take a deep look at self first before casting judgment on others and that every sinner is capable of earning God's mercy. One way that I can relate to this story is that when life is going my way I'm happy but when thing aren't so good I will then rely on my faith to pull me through, whereas, I should have always acknowledge God. The story has motivated me to not be so critical of others and that although they may sin differently than me they are no different than
The Grandmother never uttered a word about God or prayer until she was down on her luck, the Misfit acknowledging that the woman “would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute in her life”, did not spare her life merely cause she was a lady, what she interpreted as being morally good (Bedford/St. Martin 152). The paradox of the story is that in the beginning the Grandmother discusses with her son how she could not answer to her conscience if she allowed the kids to go the way of the Misfit but it was her that the kids should have been protected from. I learned from this story that one should take a deep look at self first before casting judgment on others and that every sinner is capable of earning God's mercy. One way that I can relate to this story is that when life is going my way I'm happy but when thing aren't so good I will then rely on my faith to pull me through, whereas, I should have always acknowledge God. The story has motivated me to not be so critical of others and that although they may sin differently than me they are no different than