278). She then touches the Misfit only to be shot three times in the chest. The grandmother finally realized that she and the Misfit are fundamentally the same.The grandmother and the Misfit are two people who live only for themselves. Critic Kathleen G. Ochshorn stated "Despite their obvious differences, the Misfit and the grandmother are bound by their concern with appearances and superficial respectability" (2). The Misfit knew the entire time that the grandmother lacked genuine spirituality. His remark "She would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life" illustrates the Misfit's belief that the grandmother's spirituality was only skin deep. Flannery O'Connor cleverly crafted two characters that appeared to be exact opposites. Ironically, their similarities revealed the lack of genuine spirituality in modern society. A good man or woman is truly hard to find....
