Comparison of Grandmother and the Misfit - 1089 Words

Running head: COMPARISON OF GRANDMOTHER AND THE MISFIT 1 COMPARISON OF GRANDMOTHER AND THE MISFIT MARQUARI WOODS BETHEL UNIVERSITY COMPARISON OF GRANDMOTHER AND THE MISFIT 5 Reference Billingsley, R. T. (2011). A good man is hard to find. New York: Gallery Books. Shmoop Editorial Team. (November 11, 2008).A Good Man is Hard to Find Symbolism, Imagery amp; Allegory. Retrieved March 16, 2012, from http://www.shmoop.com/good-man-hard-to-find/symbolism-imagery.html COMPARISON OF THE GRANDMOTHER AND THE MISFIT 2 The grandmother in â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† is a manipulator. The†¦show more content†¦For him life has not a point and there is no real right or wrong. The idea that by following Jesus arrives at salvation and eternal life might be important to The Misfit. It may be why he speaks of â€Å"the few minutes you got left.† Without eternal life, lie is short, and ends in death. The confrontation between the grandmother and The Misfit in â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find† revolves around Jesus. The grandmother brings up praying to Jesus in hope that she can induce The Misfit to spare her life by appealing to his religious sense. It turns out, however, that The Misfit has probably thought about Jesus more seriously than she has. The Misfit’s doubt in Jesus leads him to think that there is no real right or wrong, and no ultimate point to life. COMPARISON BETWEEN GRANDMOTHER AND THE MISFIT 4 I believe The Misfit took his religion serious but he was confused. The grandmother never took her religious faith seriously. Her final gesture is a genuine moment of grace. Once again she is trying to be manipulative, but The Misfit is one who she cannot manipulate, or is she? I feel it only correct that I give you as the reader an insight of the story that I am comparing the characters in. I feel the story was and is self-explanatory of the difference between the grandmother and The Misfit. I personally view the grandmother as a not so Godly woman who is really not a praying woman norShow MoreRelatedGrandmother vs. the Misfit in A Good Man Is Hard to Find987 Words   |  4 PagesGrandmother vs. The Misfit in A Good Man is Hard to Find In the story A Good Man is Hard to Find by Flannery O Connor, the theme is strongly supported throughout the story and is stated in the title of the story itself. In A Good Man is Hard to Find, O Connor uses symbolism throughout the entire story to represent faith and death. O Connor foreshadows death when the family goes to the town Toomsboro. The graveyard in the plantation is a symbol of death, and O Connor also writesRead MoreThe Characters Of Flannery O Connor s A Good Man Is Hard1677 Words   |  7 PagesHard to Find† The Grandmother and the Misfit are O’Connor’s major characters in â€Å"A Good Man is Hard to Find†. 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