By the end of the story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find", one might think that the grandmother was the innocent one and the Misfit was the evil one. But there is more to the story than meets the eye. When the Misfit's henchmen took the rest of the family into the woods to execute them, the grandmother was left with the Misfit. While the grandmother was conversing with the Misfit, she seemed indifferent …
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…he was now. The grandmother on the other hand, showed that whom she really cared about was herself. She remained unconcerned when she heard the gunshots that killed everyone else. Bailey's last words were used to try to console her. Unlike him, she didn't give any comforting words to anyone else because she was too busy trying to save herself. The result of the conflict between the grandmother and the Misfit showed their true selves.