The family’s inevitable demise originates when the grandmother sets them on the road to see this mysterious house where “there was a secret panel in this house and the story went that all the family silver was hidden in it when Sherman came through but it was never found” (302). Now this got the attention of the children, which the grandmother used as a set of speakers to get her point well heard. The children immediately were filled with excitement and John Wesley screamed “Let’s go see it! We’ll poke all the woodwork and find it!’ (302). After much insistence from the children as they kicked the seat backs of their parents and hanging over onto their shoulders and desperate whines, Bailey finally said “All right!” (302). What happens next ultimately doomed the lives of all six members of this southern family as their cat, Pitty Sing, jumps out of her basket and lands on the shoulder of Bailey and causes the terrible car accident that is viewed by the Misfit.

The Misfit defies all that the grandmother has come to accept. Earlier in the story she refers to Red Sammy as “a good man” because they agreed on many issues. She also calls the Misfit “a good man” because she looks into his soul and catches a small glimpse of salvation. This moment causes the grandmother to change from the judgmental and superficial, caring only for her on life, to forgiving and compassionate, caring for the life and spirit of the Misfit. The grandmother has reached a spiritual level never felt bef

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Pitty Sing, John Wesley, June Star, Red Sammy, O’Connor Reasonable, Federal Pen, Bobby Lee, Hard Find”, Lee Hiram, Flannery O’Connor’s, june star, “a hard find”, life” 308, escaped convict, misfit grandmother, spiritual beliefs, “a man”, raised dead, john wesley, caring life, 308 misfit,