“A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is a story about universal justice. It shakes us readers to the core, when a traditional family is suddenly murdered by a serial killer, the Misfit, on their way to vacation in Florida. Despite the fact that we are initially shocked and appalled by the Misfit’s actions, he defends himself by comparing himself to Jesus and stating how all he wants to do is establish a universal sense of justice. Thus, he decides to murder the family because every single one of its members feels the liberty to judge others without judging themselves. The Misfit then considers this family and every other family that makes up our society, hypocrites. According to him, we all feel entitled to judge and prosecute criminals, like the Misfit, without realizing that in reality we are hypocrites because we don’t judge and punish ourselves for our own sins.
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