By the end of the story the grandmother, Bailey, his wife, and their children were all murdered. However, the grandmother still believes the "Misfit" can change his ways and be a good person. She even says to him "'Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!'" (309) This line can be interpreted in many ways, do you believe what the grandmother says was literal? We never heard of a grandfather in the story and you never hear from the Misfit about what happened to his mother. Or do you believe this line was metaphorical? As if the grandmother was referring to him as someone she could see as her own son because she felt he was a good person.
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I think it is a mother's nature instinct that she sees him--Mr.misfit as a unfortunate person who mistreated by his family, so she thought if he was her son, she can raise him up right.
I honestly think the grandmother was being selfish. She trying to be the caring the mother because she didn't want to die at the end. She could have said "you're one of my babies" because the Misfit was wearing Bailey's shirt.
I definitely think that this statement made by the grandmother was metaphorical. She keeps saying that he is a good person and referencing God so she may mean that he is one of God's children.
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