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Misfit Character

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“A good man is hard to find” is one of the most famous story of Flannery O’Conner. It is a short story of one family traveling to Florida to take a vacation. In this story, the narrator tries to show the reality of the world using different characters. These characters display different personality from good to evil.
Misfit is a criminal. The story does not give lot information about him except grandmother knows he is an escaped convict. She knows this because she read a newspaper about the escape and where the Misfit heading. First, when he meets the family it was after the family gets into an accident. He acted as if he wants to help the family fix the car. After a long conversation with the grandmother about God, he simply tell her that he do not believe in what she is saying. Then he starts doing what he wants to do …show more content…

She is also the mother of Baily. The grandmother has no such good character. She does not care about others what they want. The only thing she thinks about is herself. She has one of the bad characters mentioned in the story. She does not want to go to Florida. She wants to go to east Tennessee. She is the one who convince the family to take a detour that leads them to their death. In addition, the grandmother has a cat in the car, which caused a distraction. The grand mother did not warn the family before the trip about the cat. Finally, the cat caused the accident.
Baily is the father and a son for the grandmother in the story. He tried to avoid all gestures and question coming from his mother. He just wants to go to Florida despite his mother harassment. Finally, He follows his mother’s request to take a detour. One of the good characters in the story is Baily’s wife. Baily’s wife name is not mentioned in the story the whole time. She has not shown any bad or evil behavior. She always listen what anybody says in the family and follow that. She is humble and innocent until she was killed by the

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