she has mistaken fora road she used to live on. While driving down this road, they flip the car over in a ditch. At thispoint they are confronted by The Misfit who has witnessed this accident. The setting in this storybegan playing a big part a while before when the grandmother was alerting the family of theknown Misfit being on the loose. At this point I interpreted that later in the story, the familywould encounter this man. On the scene of the accident, I really came to terms with how troubledthis Misfit character really is. Upon arrival of the scene, The Misfit instantly has the father takenin the woods and killed. Next were the mother and kids. By this time only the grandmother andthe Misfit remain. Here, the grandmother is tries to reason with this crazy man but he is notwilling to listen. Next, she tries to make him pray, to trust in God. At this point, the Misfit goesinto detail about his life. He feels that everything he has ever done in his life has been consideredwrong whether it was or not. He believes that Jesus threw everything off balance when He raisedpeople from the dead. The Misfit's moral dilemma is the fact that he thinks he is a misfit for life, that he can dono good. He feels he will be punished for good or bad deeds. He can not seem to find a way outand he is not willing to listen to otherwise.In both stories the setting is a prediction to the author's purpose and the plot of thepiece. The Storm's setting seemed a little more prominent than A Good Man Is Hard To Find,but with a bit of interpretation and thought, the reader is able to see how the setting is foreseeingthestory's main purpose. Calixta and the Misfit each have a moral dilemma and each of them dealwith it in their own way. Calixta simply goes on with her normal duties and the Misfit kills thefamily. In today's society, these conclusions seem to be similar in the sense that every persondeals with their dilemmas in a different way de...
