The Misfits

Human nature encompases a series of traits that have been added to as history continues; these traits are what entitle people to who they are. Common sense seems to dictate that helpfulness, kindness, and greed would be ways to describe human nature, but another would be disobedience. An Irish author, Oscar Wilde, once voiced his view on human nature with regards to disobedience. Wilde claims “disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man’s original virtue”. History, where lessons

Shayla S. Corbin Ms. Pearce English 1302 Sunday, November 12, 2017 “A Good Man is Hard to find” I. Introduction A. Written by Flannery O’Connor B. Christian Theme (Bandy 107) C. Named after a Popular song (Desmond 129) D. The fiction imagination (Evans 181) E. Thesis

criminal escaped from a federal penitentiary and their essential relinquishment of life. The family that the story surrounds has planned a trip to Florida for a family vacation. Knowing but unconcerned about the criminal at large, also known as the Misfit, the family voyages onward towards their destination until the trip is abruptly stopped by a totally unnecessary exploration down an unkempt, hilly and dangerous road. The dangerous road combined with the unsuspecting attack of the driver from the

man. You don’t look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from nice people” (O’Connor 68). At this point of the story since the other family members were being taken for their execution and she was having conversation with the Misfit. The Misfit say’s “God never made a finer woman than my mother and my daddy’s heart was pure gold” (68). This is where O’Connor brings up how God made the Misfit’s mother such a fine woman and gave a pure heart to his dad, but made the son a killer. Once

In Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, is based on a southern family who takes a vacation to Florida. One question that comes up in the story is what’s the meaning of a good man and how there is only a few left in civilization. There is a vain and devious grandmother, her son Bailey who is very reserved, his submissive wife and baby, and their ill-mannered children, John Wesley and June Star. Many of the characters in the story see themselves as a good person based on their

Literary Criticism Arthur Miller has been nominated as one of the major dramatists of the twentieth century. He is an American playwright, editor, essayist, and novelist who earned his reputation for more than sixty years. He was a dramatist who believes to bring change to society by speaking about real issues that occur in society. Miller best-known plays are “The Crucible”, “Death of a Salesman”, “All of my Sons”, and “The View from the Bridge”. He was once married to the sex icon Marilyn Monroe

story delineates so well what the characteristics of a redemptive and helpful group in real life resembles. Sam and Patrick see Charlie for his identity: a misfit toy. To be sure, he is only that, yet Sam and Patrick now this since they are, as well. Those two hold the mirror to Charlie and model for him what his character implies as a misfit toy. His community group grasps him for his blames, his past, and gullibility, and shows him how to most completely live into this personality and

Florida. The story grows more intricate when it is revealed that a dangerous escaped prisoner, called The Misfit, is heading the same way as the family. Eventually, the family and The Misfit come head-to-head in an unfortunate ending that, upon further evaluation, leaves the line between right and wrong blurrier than ever. O’Connor uses two central characters, The Grandmother and The Misfit, among other supporting characters, to employ and amplify the theme of good vs. evil. As the story begins

run into a famous killer named the Misfit, who along with a couple other criminals have broken out of Jail. The Misfit along with his co-conspirator toward the end of the story end up killing the family in the woods. The climax of the story is the conversation between the grandmother and the Misfit, the grandmother is trying to argue for her life by explaining to the killing that at some point he was a good more that was turned down the wrong path. While the Misfit questions the grandmother about human

Find,” the grandmother is pleading for her life with the Misfit using two different ways, religion and love. Reading through this part many times I picked up on the fact that the Misfit may not just be a misunderstood soul who was not nurtured in the right way but may also have some mental illness. I think this because he has a memory shift he had of not remembering what he did and also the change in character we see. I feel that the Misfit does not show remorse for his actions, saying “Nobody had