A Good Man is Hard to Find Blog

1. What character do you find most interesting in the story? Why? 

[When presented with the question of which character is the most interesting in the short story titled "A Good Man is Hard to Find", I could not help but find myself drawn to 'the misfit' character.] The misfit character is first introduced in the first page of the story. Right off the bat, I knew the character would be reintroduced later in the story but I assumed he would be presented as a cheesy murderer from the movies we all love. However, I was blissfully surprised by the character, he turned out to have a lot of depth. His first encounter with the family is on page 13, the grandmother at first does not realize who he is but quickly finds out. He begins talking about his father and I started to get an eerie vibe. He goes on to say why he was locked up. on page 19 he says "The head-doctor in the penitentiary said what I had done was kill my daddy but I know that for a lie". The misfit then goes on to explain that his daddy died of the flu and was buried. I feel this adds a lot to the character, it made me wonder whether or not he was crazy and imagined his fathers death by the flu, or maybe he was actually innocent. The story also leaves a bunch of questions for the reader. For instance, what was his connection with the grandmother? why did he kill the family? All of these instances and characteristics lead me to believe that the misfit character has the most depth and is the most interesting.