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¶ … Misfit
Challenging Event
Character's Response
The moment when he needs to decide whether or not he wants to escape prison
He realizes that there is no solution left and he decides to escape
The moment when he comes across the Bailey's family and has the opportunity to help them
He considers that they can provide the authorities with information and decides to kill them all
Him being provided with a series of reasons to redeem himself
He believes that it is in his best interest to be a criminal regardless of circumstances
The Misfit is an extremely immoral individual and he is determined to harm people that he interacts with, regardless of circumstances. The concept of ethics is completely foreign for him, taking into account that even though he would have been long gone before the family could have reported him to the authorities he still decides...
This is a pathological killer and there is no basis for his behavior.
C. The wife
Challenging Event
Character's Response
The moment when she senses that her husband has a specific smell
She manages to contain herself
The moment when her child observes that there is something different about her father
She further manages to refrain from agreeing to her and actually becomes mad with her
Her husband's lynching
She joins the others in chasing and lynching her husband, finally taking on her true nature
In spite of the fact that she is obviously a werewolf, the wife struggles to refrain from listening to her senses and actually manages to live a happy life with her husband for several years. She adopts a moral attitude and while she seems to acknowledge that it is not in her nature to be this way, she goes through great efforts in order to be normal. Her decision to finally take part in his killing does not necessarily need to be perceived as something evil,…
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LE GUIN, U. (2011). The wife's story. In Acosta, D.L.P. a. A. (Eds) Literature: A World of Writing Stories, Poems, Plays, and Essays [VitalSource Digital Version](pp. 3-27) Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
O'Conner, F. (2011). A good man is hard to find. In Acosta, D.L.P. a. A. (Eds) Literature: A World of Writing Stories, Poems, Plays, and Essays [VitalSource Digital Version](pp. 247-258) Boston, MA: Pearson Learning Solutions.
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