Unlike Brown's ever-present sadness after his realization, O' Connor's character, The Misfit, accepts it. He admits that he "is not a good man" (O' Connor 1293). Comparatively, The Misfit is also driven by curiosity, just like Brown. He says: "My father said I was a different breed from my brothers and sisters... some can live their whole lives without asking questions and others have to know why, and this boy is one of those last” (O’ Connor 1293). He had to understand the evil of humanity and was incapable of living in ignorance of the truth that all humanity was inherently evil. Thus, leading him to accept the evil of