detached and seems
             to delight in showing us the bad side of the family, particularly the grandmother.
             O'Connor gives us what she wants us to see in order for us to make a judgment that she
             may or may not have already made. Although she is judgmental she does not place herself
             above God. She gives her characters free will, which, ironically is the key to the the
             grandmother's grace and redemption. We hope, and to a degree expect, that the
             grandmother will save the Misfit. In an unimaginable twist of irony it is this exertion of
             free will that places the grandmother's redemption in the hands of the Misfit.
             O'Connor's story can easily be seen as a trial. Can we compare the grandmother and the
             Misfit? Are her sins minor, as she probably sees them, or are they serious enough to
             "... the grandmother...called, "Bailey Boy, Bailey Boy!" as if her heart would break."
             "Maybe He didn't raise the dead," the old lady mumbled...feeling so dizzy that she sank
             down in the ditch with her legs twisted under her."
             Grandmother's defense attorney: "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, what I am going to
             do in this courtroom today is prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the grandmother does
             not deserve to die at the hands of this evil Misfit. Why, look at her sitting there, so prim
             and proper. She is the epitome of a Southern lady. How many ladies do you know who
             would don white gloves and a hat before going on a trip? She is a true patriot; remember
             when she admonished that disrespectful grandson of hers not to talk badly about his native
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