Just a fun thing to talk about that I didn't get to with class when we discussed Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find." It's possible, based on clues from the text, to connect the cat, Pitty Sing, and The Misfit together. For those who don't know the story, in a tiny nutshell, a troubled family has a car accident and is come upon by an escaped convict, The Misfit, and his two goons. The Misfit and his little gang kill all members of the family (the grandmother, her son, her son's wife, and their three children). The family's cat, Pitty Sing, lives and The Misfit picks him up at the end, presumably to keep him forever.
Here goes:
-In the story, Pitty Sing is kept in a basket (imprisoned), escapes, and causes the car's accident. The Misfit is in prison, escapes, and causes the family's ultimate demise.
-They both snarl.
--"the basket under it rose with a snarl and Pitty Sing, the cat, sprang onto Bailey's shoulder"
--"'No pleasure but meanness,' he said and his voice had become almost a snarl."
-And again, Pitty Sing is the only survivor from the car. He nuzzles The Misfit and the Misfit picks him up.
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