Grandmother Vs Misfit

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In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O'Connor, the Misfit and the Grandmother are both recipients of grace, despite their many sins, weaknesses, and flaws. According to Christian faith, human beings are granted everlasting life through God’s grace and mercy, which God willingly grants on even the least likely recipients. In other words, God has the power to allow even inadequate people to go to heaven, which he does by giving them grace.
The Grandmother, “is a deceitful, self-serving, ‘manipulative’ woman who lives in the past” (Mitchell 213). She glorifies what it was like long ago, yet does not value her life as it is. According to Modern Age, “The Grandmother dresses carefully for the trip” (Hendricks 203). The Grandmother is presented by O'Connor as being a proper and formal woman. She does not let anyone else's feelings stand in her way and, will do whatever it takes to get what she wants. She tries to explain her demands by convincing her family and herself that her way is not only the best way but the only way.
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Unlike the Grandmother, who thinks that she is morally better than everyone else, the Misfit questions the meaning of his life. According to the Renascence, “the misfit feels the mystery of evil in his bones, and he finds it incomprehensible” (Desmond 130). He has considered his behavior in life and overlooked his experiences to find lessons in them. Believing that his punishment did not fit his crime he renamed himself to “The Misfit,” because of these lessons. Since The Misfit has examined his life and himself so hard, he shows an awareness that the Grandmother does not have. He knows he is not a good person, but he also knows that there are others worse than him (O’Conner 455). But even both bad people in their own way, are each unlikely non-deserving receivers of