The Misfit

The Misfit is a story about a family that has a confrontation with a murderer, and a woman's misplaced attempts to try and make the man see truth.

level one: What was the misfit originally convicted of?
level two: Why is the grandmother suddenly trying to convert the misfit?
level three: Why does an obsession with religious conversion always end badly?

This story was really bizarre. However I enjoyed it, even though technically it had a sad ending. The grandmother was a complete nutter. Just like the last story, I feel like there is a decent amount of the beginning of the story that is either unnecessary or not written extremely well. However as a whole I felt like the rocking horse winner was written better stylistically, because it tended to flow a little better.

It is interesting to me how people can be talked to about practically anything except religion. Once someone begins to talk about Jesus or God people just tend to shut down. I think the story is very explicit with that- not only are the characters in the story frustrated with the Grandmother (such as the misfit), but as a reader one kind of just wants her to be quiet. It is interesting how the grandmother chooses this in her desperation as opposed to just simply begging the misfit not to shoot her.