the Misfit
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The Misfit is a cold, philosophical escaped convict whose violent encounter with a family on a Southern road trip drives the moral and theological core of Flannery O’Connor’s short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Misfit | 2 |
| the Misfit canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2902847 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Misfit Context triple: [A Good Man Is Hard to Find, mainCharacter, the Misfit]
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A.
Anton Chigurh
Anton Chigurh is the cold, relentless hitman and primary antagonist in Cormac McCarthy’s novel and the Coen brothers’ film "No Country for Old Men," known for his emotionless demeanor and coin-toss method of deciding victims’ fates.
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B.
John Coffey
John Coffey is a gentle, wrongfully condemned death row inmate with miraculous healing powers in Stephen King’s story "The Green Mile."
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C.
Butch
Butch is the nickname of Butch van Breda Kolff, an American basketball coach and former player known for his tenure in college and professional basketball.
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D.
The Butcher
"The Butcher" is the notorious nickname of Spanish general Valeriano Weyler, remembered for his brutal reconcentration policies in Cuba during the late 19th century.
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E.
Will Crooks
Will Crooks was a prominent early 20th-century British Labour politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament for Woolwich and was known for his advocacy on behalf of the working class.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: the Misfit Target entity description: The Misfit is a cold, philosophical escaped convict whose violent encounter with a family on a Southern road trip drives the moral and theological core of Flannery O’Connor’s short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
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A.
Anton Chigurh
Anton Chigurh is the cold, relentless hitman and primary antagonist in Cormac McCarthy’s novel and the Coen brothers’ film "No Country for Old Men," known for his emotionless demeanor and coin-toss method of deciding victims’ fates.
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B.
John Coffey
John Coffey is a gentle, wrongfully condemned death row inmate with miraculous healing powers in Stephen King’s story "The Green Mile."
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C.
Butch
Butch is the nickname of Butch van Breda Kolff, an American basketball coach and former player known for his tenure in college and professional basketball.
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D.
The Butcher
"The Butcher" is the notorious nickname of Spanish general Valeriano Weyler, remembered for his brutal reconcentration policies in Cuba during the late 19th century.
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E.
Will Crooks
Will Crooks was a prominent early 20th-century British Labour politician and trade unionist who served as Member of Parliament for Woolwich and was known for his advocacy on behalf of the working class.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
antagonist
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escaped convict ⓘ fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Good Man Is Hard to Find ⓘ |
| appearsInForm | short story ⓘ |
| appearsInGenre | Southern Gothic ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
divine justice
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evil ⓘ grace ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ moments of grace at point of death ⓘ redemption ⓘ sin ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| backstoryElement |
cannot remember his original crime clearly
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claims to have been wrongly imprisoned ⓘ escaped from the Federal Penitentiary ⓘ |
| characterRole |
foil to the grandmother
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primary antagonist ⓘ |
| commitsCrime |
armed robbery
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murder ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Flannery O’Connor
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linked to:
Flannery O'Connor
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| dialogueCharacteristic |
engages in theological debate with the grandmother
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speaks in measured reflective tone ⓘ |
| firstPublicationContext | appears in story first published in 1953 ⓘ |
| killsCharacter |
Bailey
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Bailey’s children ⓘ Bailey’s wife ⓘ the grandmother ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of Flannery O’Connor’s most analyzed characters ⓘ |
| moralPosition |
believes punishment should match crime
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rejects conventional morality ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
drives moral core of the story
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drives theological core of the story ⓘ |
| nationalityInFiction | American ⓘ |
| notableQuote |
“No pleasure but meanness.”
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“She would of been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life.” ⓘ |
| personalityTrait |
cold
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philosophical ⓘ violent ⓘ |
| philosophicalView |
nihilistic tendencies
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questions divine justice ⓘ skeptical about Jesus and resurrection ⓘ |
| settingContext | rural American South ⓘ |
| symbolicRole |
agent of grace
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embodiment of radical evil ⓘ instrument of divine judgment ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: the Misfit Description of subject: The Misfit is a cold, philosophical escaped convict whose violent encounter with a family on a Southern road trip drives the moral and theological core of Flannery O’Connor’s short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find."
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.