Characteristics of the Misfit

Characteristics Of The Misfit People can be very misunderstood, especially literary characters in dramatic stories. In Flannery O'Conners "A Good Man Is Hard To Find", the Misfit is judged by the grandmothers point of view. At the beginning of the story she reads about the Misfit and compiles her own data on his lifestyle, and says "I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. That is basically …

…toying around with her emotions before he killed her. The Misfit was the biggest and most important character in this story. He provides the audience with almost two different characters. The first was the calm, gentle, well dress gentlemen that first greeted the family, and at first he seemed to show them no harm. But as the story went on his true side came out and he became the cold hearted killer that everyone expected.