Character Analysis of The Misfit in A Good Man is Hard to Find
The Misfit in the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is an interesting character. The Misfit was looked by others as if he was the violent character who truly didn't have any morals, but I disagree with that. The Misfit gave the story a lot more meaning. I don't think The Misfit cared about much because he simply didn't know what he was meant to do in life and his motivation was just finding what he wanted to do. I don't think he cared about killing people because he didn't care about life itself, "It's no real pleasure in life." pg.15,
The way The Misfit was interacting with other characters it's as if he always had his mind set, I feel like The Misfit was going to kill the grandmother no matter what because he didn't see the consequences as such a big deal, "I found out a crime don't matter. You can do one thing or you can do another, kill a man or take a tire off his car, because sooner or later you're going to forget what it was you done and just be punished for it."pg.12 This somewhat reminded me of how lying is, first you tell a little lie and then another and another and another and you just forget about it and just maybe get punished. Maybe that's how he viewed killing. The grandmother acted like she did see something more inside of The Misfit, "You're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!" pg.13 I felt as if the grandmother brought in her religious views and tried to get sympathy out of him, but at the same time I think that made an impact on him. The Misfit didn't change throughout the story, The Misfit went by his own moral views and he kept them throughout the story and only questioned himself when the grandmother touched his shoulder. I think The Misfits is the symbol for someone who could have been better. The Misfit knew what his moral code was and he determined what was right and wrong in his life, but he also chose to kill for a living instead of doing something acceptable with his life. The Misfits purpose was to see someone who has
The way The Misfit was interacting with other characters it's as if he always had his mind set, I feel like The Misfit was going to kill the grandmother no matter what because he didn't see the consequences as such a big deal, "I found out a crime don't matter. You can do one thing or you can do another, kill a man or take a tire off his car, because sooner or later you're going to forget what it was you done and just be punished for it."pg.12 This somewhat reminded me of how lying is, first you tell a little lie and then another and another and another and you just forget about it and just maybe get punished. Maybe that's how he viewed killing. The grandmother acted like she did see something more inside of The Misfit, "You're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!" pg.13 I felt as if the grandmother brought in her religious views and tried to get sympathy out of him, but at the same time I think that made an impact on him. The Misfit didn't change throughout the story, The Misfit went by his own moral views and he kept them throughout the story and only questioned himself when the grandmother touched his shoulder. I think The Misfits is the symbol for someone who could have been better. The Misfit knew what his moral code was and he determined what was right and wrong in his life, but he also chose to kill for a living instead of doing something acceptable with his life. The Misfits purpose was to see someone who has