Analysis Of Pathos In The Misfit By O Connor

A family of five decide to go on vacation to Florida, but the grandmother in the family wanted to visit Tennessee. The family eventually stopped at a diner called The Tower where they meet the owner, Red Sammy. He and the grandmother talk about how people are different how and “how a good man is hard to find.” When they get back on the road, the grandmother suggest they visit a plantation she once remembered. They follow a dirt road and the grandmother suddenly remembers that the plantation was in Tennessee, the grandmothers cat jumps out of her basket and causes the family to crash. Three men unexpectedly move towards the car wreck, where the grandmother recognizes that one of them was the Misfit. The grandmother pleads with the Misfit and tells him that he can be honest and asks him if he prays. The other two men take the family into the woods to shoot them, the grandmother tells the Misfit that he …show more content…
O’Connor uses ethos in justifying her stories with the credibility of being a Catholic Southerner. She is saying that she knows how people feel and their beliefs of God and where their faith is. Being a writer she knew how the world works and how its changing. O’Connor uses Pathos and creates an emotional connection with the readers. She makes them look at how characters have acted throughout the whole story and how they treated each other towards the end. O’Connor creates feelings for the readers of pity and anguish for family. Despite them being usually cruel with each other and how they treated the world they didn 't deserve what they got. Throughout the story O’Connor uses logos and gives examples of the Family 's choices and actions as evidence that they wrongfully killed. Although they found grace at the end of the story they weren 't murderers, they cruel to people, or took advantage of anyone. This logically proves that the family aren 't awful