The Misfits

The Misfit is a complex character created by Flannery O’Connor. He is talked about first when the Grandmother reads his criminal background at the breakfast table. Right when the Misfit meets the family the Grandmother starts questioning his faith and past, and through the Grandmother’s persistent behavior that you find out the truth behind the Misfits hard exterior. The reader understands that the Misfit was brought up by parents who were the “finest people in the world” (O’Connor 1312). With

short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” details a road trip gone terribly wrong. This family is going on a road trip to Florida, however the grandmother wanted to go to Tennessee. There was a newspaper article detailing the escape of a convict, The Misfit. Furthermore, this is foreshadowing his appearance later on in the story. After the family had been on the road for some time, the grandmother believes they were close to a house she visited when she was younger. The grandmother begged her son Bailey

The Misfit is a representation of the antichrist, an evil that contrasts with any good. For example, The Misfit in the story cannot stand the presence of children even if an infant. This dynamic shows the Misfits resistance to anything pure or innocent similar to the anti-christ. The Misfit is also similar to the antichrist in his posse, the Misfit posse has two other thugs to reference Dante's three headed devil (Bethea 1)

in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is far from that mold. By reading the story in its entirety it is evident that the type of person played by this character is far from someone who is genuinely seeking the salvation of a lost soul. In contrast, the Misfit character seem to be that old wise wolf that could smell the blood and fear from miles away, waiting for the right time to execute its victim. This analogy leads me to think that a simple dose of kindness delivered by a clearly deceitful person could

On Breaking out of the Misfit Curse: How to Significately Mature An aggregate of the populace envisions one sole thing: to be distinguishable. Being an idiosyncratic is an alleviation of the “misfit curse”. 37% of teenagers classify themselves in this “misfit” category; they have not properly discovered one’s self, thus, they have not properly adjusted themselves to a higher level of maturity. To figure out one’s passion is difficult to apprehend; it accentuates, and then releases itself into a

grandmother was very weary as there was a “misfit” on the loose. As she gets ready for the trip she decided to wear a dress, hat and flower as she wants to present herself as a “lady”. Here home state is Georgia as there is so much history in the cotton fields as states those are graves known as ‘gone with the wind”, as she wants this experience to be rewarding and along the journey there is extreme sadness and she and her family will fight for their life from the misfit, she had here fears to go on this

at that time. The grandmother also is a very bossy woman and she doesn’t put up with nothing. When the misfit came around her, she acted real fine almost like she liked him and really cared for him. When the wreck happened and, they were all standing on the side of the road and she saw a car coming down the road and it looked like someone was coming to save them she was so excited. When the misfit stepped out of the car I believe that she was relieved but at the same time she was scared. I think it

Bailey is the grandmother's son. He does not listen to Bailey about the Misfit and Makes hasty decisions because of whining and griping. He was a driver for the family vacation or trip. In his mind, he's in charge, and he cannot let you forget it. I understand that he was highly addicted by drugs and cannot control himself, much less his family. He tries to keep the appearance of being in control but really isn't. Although it is his idea to go to Florida, it is unclear why he wants to go on a vacation

Tennessee. She gets frightened causing the cat that she hides to jumps up on Bailey, resulting in an accident. This event leads to their confrontation with the Misfit, the escaped prisoner. In the end, his two henchmen brutally murdered the entire family in the forest except the grandmother. She is the only one left alive with the Misfit. She prays and believes in

"The Misfits" is a character study about people who are unable or stubbornly unwilling to adapt to the world; or to the changing world. The title characters have all been seriously hurt in the process of living and are searching (consciously and unconsciously) for ways to cope with what has happened to them in the past. To the extent that they represent an almost universal condition, the film is a symbolical study, with each character meant to illustrate a different means of coping with the realization