Topic > Themes in A Good Man is Hard to Find - 726

The misfit lives by a righteous code that involves plenty of murder and courage, yet spends his time wondering about the Christian savior Jesus. O'Connor writes, "Turn to right, it was a wall,” said the Misfit, looking again at the cloudless sky, “(O’Connor In this part of the story the Misfit reflects lightly on his ongoing battle to stay out of the prison cells and on Jesus who doesn't come to him when he needs it. The Misfits' ideology is corrupt, but they are consistent, unlike the grandmother whose righteous behavior falls apart when challenged, The Misfit has a good view of it. life and lives by what he believes is right, he knows he isn't the best person in the world but he also recognizes he can't be the worst, The Misfit can rely on his ideology to survive and guide his actions. The nameless Grandmother cannot, in the last moments of her last breaths she helps her understand her strength and weakness and then shoots.