Jesus
throws everything off balance by causing
the Misfit to question his murderous lifestyle and
even, perhaps, to feel
twinges of conscience over his chosen path.
The
Grandmother and the Misfit have a relatively long conversation about Jesus. The
Grandmother, in
terror that she is going to be killed, starts crying out
"Jesus, Jesus," meaning to
say 'Jesus will help you' to the Misfit. She
realizes, however, it is coming out sounding like a
curse.
The Misfit responds to the Grandmother's words "Jesus,
Jesus," by
saying that Jesus threw everything off balance. He goes on a little later to
add
to this idea:
Jesus was the only
One that ever raised the
dead," The Misfit continued, "and He shouldn't have
done it. He shown everything off
balance. If He did what He said, then it's
nothing for you to do but throw away everything and
follow Him, and if He
didn't, then it's nothing for you to do but enjoy the few minutes you got
left the best way you can by killing somebody or burning down
his...
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