Flannery O'connor's "a Good Man Is Hard To Find"

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O'Connor seems to be illustrating not only how times are changing, but how the future generations have no respect for their precedents. The Misfit represents evil. At one point the Misfit likens himself to Christ, in that they both were punished for crimes they did not commit...
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Christ accepted death for the sins of all people, however. The Misfit is in a constant battle against his fate that he sees himself being punished without any cause. Although he resists this Christ-like existence he has, he kills other innocent people not to save them, but because "it's the only real pleasure in life...
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