O'Conner
So we read a good man is hard to find by O'Conner and one other piece which I can not remember right now because it is not in front of me. I find everyone's perspective on this story to be quite interesting. The grandmother and children are indeed quite annoying I must say. The misfit, if we are going to put the same emphasis as we did in class, is fighting his knowledge of a Divine Creator. It is a modern piece of work which aims at having humor. I do not see this grace that everyone was talking about in the story unless one is talking about at the end where the misfit says there is no pleasure in life which means he must abandon all to follow Jesus according to the statement he made just moments before.
Ps - His Beloved
I am completely with you on the grace issue. I did not see it. Everyone kept talking about how grace was being shown from the grandmother, when at the end from what the misfit says seems to maybe portray some grace.
ReplyDeleteIn all your time spent in Honors or in your own personal studies, have you ever had a question or a fact hit you so deep in the heart that it literally haunted you for days? Has an unanswered question ever changed the way you look at life so completely that it becomes the centerpiece of your life? It should, because that question begins and ends with Jesus Christ the Holy Son of God, and it's no different for the Misfit. The grandmother receives grace through her forgiveness and acceptance of the Misfit, but I would argue the Misfit receives grace because he is slammed with the question of Christ. It has already shaped his life for the worst, but now through the Grandmother's death, somewhat like the Apostle Stephen, it may drive him to repentance. I wouldn't say he's right with God yet, but his journey may have just begun.
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