MISFITS

The Misfit and his gang come upon the grandmother and her family as if he was coming to help them out. The reader notices the misfit was quite older than the boys in his gang; maybe as old as the grandmother. At this point, the grandmother believes he is someone she may know, that perhaps she "had known him all her life." This quote points out that they do seem to have some similarities and perhaps the Misfit in some ways represents what the grandmother could have been if she had…

n the short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" the exposition begins with the grandmother bringing attention to an article about a gentleman who calls himself the Misfit and has escaped the penitentiary. The grandmother’s motive is to allure her son from wanting to travel to Florida by telling him the Misfit is headed that way and is causing harm to people. The grandmother wants to go east to Tennessee to show the children something different. Both children John Wesley and June Star think this…

In “A Good Man is Hard to Find” by Flannery O’Connor, there are two characters that are the main cause to the story; one who was dishonest and the other who was honest. Characters such as the grandmother who was dishonest and The Misfit who was an honest man. The Misfit is an honest man for many reasons throughout the story and if only the grandmother was honest to her family, they would have been safe on vacation. Honesty is important, especially between a family. Being honest keeps people out…

between right and wrong or good and bad behavior (Webster), a concept that is exploited throughout a short story entitled “A good man is hard to find” written by Flannery O’connor. The story introduces two distinct characters, a grandmother and the misfit to question readers of their true knowledge of just behaviors. When one thinks of a grandmother they imagine a woman in her late years, one who is nice and welcoming to all, one who bakes cookies, and one who teaches others of moral behaviors.…

The grandmother fears the Misfit in the first paragraph of the story. The grandmother tries to use the fear to manipulate her family to go to Tennessee versus Florida. The Misfit is the character who does the violent actions in the short story. The Misfit is a mass murder that does not have a common family. The Misfit does not relate to the grandmother and her family dynamic. The Misfit has already lost his family. The grandmother tries to use family to change the Misfit mind about kill her. The…

The short story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, by Flannery O'Connor is a Tragedy with murderers, led by an escaped convict called The Misfit, a Grandmother and her family of six including her. This story starts off with slight humor and then advances to a devastating end. The story begins as the family is preparing to leave Georgia and travel to visit Florida. The grandmother is against the trip to Florida because she is set on wanting to visit Tennessee. She tries to convince her son, Bailey,…

of the first indications was when the grandma was the first one to go in the car despite what she said the day before. To me it seems like she was eager to look for trouble, since she knew that The Misfit will also be heading to Florida. Another example was when they had the encounter with The Misfit after the car accident. Since she recognized him, it set up her whole family for disaster since she knew what he was capable of. Lastly, the beginning of the story is a key point because of the…

The Misfit, and a woman, known as The Grandmother. In the story, the reader shows a main theme being discussed throughout the story, which is religion. Whether you have faith in your religion or not, it still has an effect on your behavior and your point of view in reality. Religion will have a huge influence in the actions and decisions that you make in your life. When the Grandmother gets into a confrontation with The Misfit, she brings up Jesus and praying in hopes to convince The Misfit to…

east Tennessee rather than go to Florida due to a convict named The Misfit was on the run. The Grandmother loses and the family starts on their journey to Florida. During the journey, the Grandmother inadvertently causes an accident which attracts the attention of three males who happened to have been driving by. The Grandmother recognizes one of the males as being The Misfit. Throughout the last few pages of the short story, the Misfit and the two other males kill the family one at a time by…

even an alias. The Misfit who is also built as a stereotype throughout the story is considered an escaped convict and killer, revealed as the Grandmother states, "Here this fellow that calls himself The Misfit is aloose from the Federal Pen and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it” (567). This introduction of the Misfit is read at the beginning of the story, where it also foreshadows to a confrontation further on. The Misfit turns out to…