A Good Man Is Hard To Find Stereotypes Essay

Outcast, outsiders, and misfits are members that are different from a group of people. They are put separate from others and abandoned to be on their own. Misfits are the greatest cause of abandonment and bullying. Because someone is different, they are seen through different eyes and discriminated against. Many times misfits are forced over the edge of good judgment and make poor decisions that cause others to see misfits as “weird” or “strange.” This puts them into stereotypes in which they can never climb out. In the short story “A Good Man is hard to Find,” the Character of the Misfit is a mentally insane human that was forced into a life of killing in which he does not think of the killings as evil. The Misfit is mentally insane, impacting his actions and his choices that were forced upon him. In this short story, the Misfit is a criminal that has escaped from prison and is headed to Florida. It is not stated why he is headed to Florida, it can only be assumed and
Because of his childhood, the misfit saw his actions as normal and needed. He killed the family and felt no remorse. He did not believe that his actions were condoned and they were necessary for his desired intent. No matter the crime, the Misfit saw all actions the same because the punishment was always worse than it should be and he would forget what he was in for. The Misfit had come to the conclusion that evil was not the way to describe his actions. He thought of his actions as necessary and imminent for his survival. He did not see the world as others saw the world. He saw the world as a place of survival and dominance. Others see the world as a goal to be fair and just. The Misfit would do anything to accomplish his goals and to not go back into the prison in which he had escaped. The Misfit chose his actions carefully and did not think of them as evil. But through the eyes of others, he was seen as demented and cruel who would kill anything that