Dynamic Character
This dynamic character undergoes the greatest moral changes when faced with death.
Who is the grandmother?
Is the grandmother a round or dynamic character? Justify for points
Either option works
Who does the Misfit kill first?
Who are Bailey and John Wesley?
Why does the grandmother wear such refined attire for the family's road trip?
What is to appear lady-like if found dead?
What does the grandmother shamelessly sneak onto the car?
What is the cat (Pitty Sing)?
This character has seriously questioned the meaning of life?
Who is The Misfit?
Why does the grandmother view herself as morally superior and free to scrutinize others?
What is her womanhood?
Whom are the two characters the grandmother claims are "good men"?
Red Sammy + The Misfit
What is the grandmother's touch compared to upon touching the Misfit's shoulder?
What is a snake?
What archetype do John Wesley and June Star follow?
Naive children, lacking respect for their elders.
Direct opposition to the grandmothers "superiority".
What does the Misfit and his automobile represent with regards to the family?
What is death?
Why does the grandmother only beg for her own life from the Misfit?
What is she believes he could not harm a woman?
Why does the murderer change his name to "The Mistfit"?
What is feeling mistreated by society for his crimes?
What archetype does the mother represent?
A silent and overwhelmed mother (invisible)
This is what the grandmother says upon realizing the fault in her superiority complex.
"Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!" (O'Connor 13)
What is one of the Misfit's core principles?
What is crimes don't matter or "no pleasure but meanness" (O'Connor 13)?
What animal does represents Baily?
What is a parrot?
What are many of the characters commonly compared to throughout the narrative?
What are animals?