dom is “common sense; sagacity; good judgment” (Wisdom). The grandmother does not use good judgment when she decides to bring the cat along, and the cat ends up causing their accident. “The instant the valise moved, the newspaper top she had over the basket under it rose with a snarl and Pitty Sing, the cat, sprang onto Bailey’s shoulder” (O’ Connor 1111). But the most unwise of decisions the grandmother makes is when she recognizes The Misfit and decides to call him out on it. “The grandmother shrieked. She scrambled to her feet and stood staring. ‘You’re The Misfit!’ she said” (O’ Connor 1113). If the grandmother hadn’t of told The Misfit that she knew who he was, he might of just helped fix their car, and spared all of their lives. It is because of the grandmother’s lack of good judgment that the family was in a car accident, and that each individual family member was eventually shot.Of the three virtues that are presented towards the grandmother in the story, (honesty, courage, and wisdom) none of the virtues are abided by. Although there are six other virtues, all of the virtues must be abided by in order to achieve happiness. Besides, if the grandmother doesn’t abide by the three virtues represented in the story, this leads one to believe that she doesn’t abide by any of them. In conclusion, the grandmother does not lead a happy life in accordance to Aristotle’s theory of happiness. ...
