Totally Creeper

“A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a story about a family who goes on a trip and get into an accident and end up being murdered by a man called The Misfit.

What is the cat’s name?
What are the grandmother’s ties to Tennessee?
What would you do if you were in a similar situation?

This story gave me the creeps. Really. I was reading it in study hall yesterday and didn’t know what to think at first, because the story started off all right, and as it progressed I became more and more freaked out. The grandmother really bothered me because she is extremely self-centered. I couldn’t really feel any sympathy for her even though no one seems to like her. She brings it upon herself. In the end, it’s her fault that she and her family die, because she causes the accident to happen.
The shift in the theme of the story was a little disconcerting. The Misfit is a frightening character and I don’t really know how to handle the ending of this story. I kind of want to know Flannery O’Connor’s inspiration for writing such a story. The thing that bothered me the most was when the grandmother tried to convince The Misfit that he could get over all of his problems if he accepted Jesus. His response is particularly disturbing. He says that Jesus threw everything off balance and used faith in Him to justify killing people. This kind of twisted logic was especially freaky to me because of my faith.