Unlike Brown's ever-present sadness after his realization, O' Connor's character, The Misfit, embraces it. He admits that he is "not a good man" (O' Connor 1293). By comparison, The Misfit is also motivated by curiosity, just like Brown. He states: "My father said I was a different breed from my brothers and sisters... some can live their whole lives without asking me and others need to know why that is, and this boy is one of the latter" (O' Connor 1293). He had to understand the evil of humanity and was unable to live in ignorance of the truth that all humanity was inherently evil. Thus, leading him to accept the evil of