In class we were discussing that at the end of A Good Man is Hard to Find there is grace. First I just want to ask, without the notes from the author, would we have seen that? If we weren't told that there was any grace, would we really go fishing to find where it is? I think that if we never knew what Flannery O'Connor said about this short story, we would never even talk about the Grace. However, since we did, I find it really hard to see the Grace at the end of this story. I mean, the whole family is dead and the Misfit is still a murderer who will continue to kill, steal, and commit other felonies. Yes, the Misfit may realize that doing injustices to other people doesn't bring him happiness, but does that mean he will stop? Is he going to turn himself in to the police and confess for all of his crimes? I doubt it. It seems like we are just trying to find something good at the end of a story which is so bad.
I commented on Autumn Jackson's blog
Sincerely,
Susan Berner
First of all I probably would have shot the grandmother too. She was so concerned with always being right that she wound up losing more that just her pride. If she had just admitted she was wrong to begin with then they would have turned around and not even been on the road when the Misfit came down it. Then she just wanted to brown nose him so that she would have her life saved.
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