To me, this story is written very well. I am surprised at what happens and thought it was very creepy and dark. The characters who are religious “pretenders” are the two men with The Misfit, Bailey, his wife, and their children. I believe this because the story did not show them to have true faith in their time of peril. The Misfit and the grandmother seem to have true faith, as they both are faced with situations out of their control. The grandmother has a moment right before she is killed and this brings her religious enlightenment. The Misfit went through incarceration for doing something so bad he blocked it out. He knew he was different growing up and thus made bad choices during his life knowing full well the repercussions. He is fine with whatever God has in store for him.
People sometimes have to go through something tragic or violent to shake their core to experience a moment of true faith. Often times this happens right before they or someone they love is about to die; it is a bit ironic.
I think the end of this story is suppose to make the reader feel enlightened by the fact that Grandmother had her “moment”, but I feel a bit disgusted by it.
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I agree with the horrible ending. It was awful. I thought perhaps the grandmother was going to be let go out of this. It was unfortunate that The Misfit didn't see the harm he was doing to himself and his "followers". I was also wondering why he chose to have the other men do the actual killing. Could he have been feeling somewhat guilty and thus doing the actual act himself maybe would've put him over the top, so to speak?
Sue
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