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There have been a lot of murderers like The Misfit since
early times. In the U.S., the most vicious criminals would be
killed soon because they must be evil; they cannot be ordinary
“good” people. Therefore, we never know why they committed
the crimes. It is easy to exclude evil people; however, I think
those people should be helped. Did churches, temples,
mosques, or whatever make an effort to offer them a place to
confess their sins? In this story O’Connor presented us the
people who lost their faith. The grandmother was like a
hypocrite who had no shame; she just wanted to be considered
as a “good” person by others. The Misfit couldn’t believe in
“God” because no one listened to his distress. In my opinion,
faith is a way of thinking we have to carry on to the next
generation. No matter what religion we believe, we have to
realize every faith has some value. O’Connor showed us the
realty of people who missed faith and missed passing a
tradition to the next generation, and we should learn from
their mistakes.
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