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June 25, 2020
Critique/Summary Paper “The Martian.” by Andy Weir or directed by Ridley Scott.
June 25, 2020
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Throughout the story, the grandmother is not exactly a morally “good” person. This is seen when she does not want to own up to her mistake when she realizes she gave the wrong directions for the house in Tennessee. Rather, she hopes that she would be injured so that Bailey would not be angry at her. She believes that if she is injured, Bailey would not get mad at her out of goodness. Her manipulative way of protecting herself is also seen when she encounters the Misfit, where she says “You wouldn’t shoot a lady, would you?” (18).  She also continues to tell the Misfit that he is a good person and using religion to get him to reflect on his actions. This is related to the just-world fallacy because as McRaney states, “The Just-World Fallacy can also lead to a false sense of security. You want to feel in control, so you assume as long as you avoid bad behavior, you wont be harmed” (108). The grandmother is a dishonest and selfish person, but starts acting like a good person when she is in danger. She tries to use her definition of a good person to defend herself from Misfit, however it does not work. Her definition of a good person is flimsy, as she believes a good person is someone who shares the same values with her that she can relate to. When she is dead, the Misfit remarks that “She would of been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life” (21), telling us that she has committed the just-world fallacy thinking that if she acted good, she would not be harmed.

The grandmother’s morals do not exactly line up with the Misfit because he follows his own moral code of “no pleasure but meanness”. He never stated that he wouldn’t shoot a lady, just that he would not like to. However, his moral code may change after the conversation he had with the grandmother about religion. The Misfit shows some religious belief in the conversation, where he says: “I wisht I had of been there, he said, hitting the ground with his fist. It aint right I wasnt there because if I had of been there I would of known. Listen lady, he said in a high voice, if I had of been there I would of known and wouldnt be like I am now” (21). After his encounter with the grandmother, he starts to question his belief and realizes that there is no pleasure in life due to the crimes that he has committed. This is seen when Bobby Lee is told to shut up, where the Misfit says “It’s no real pleasure in life” (22). The Misfit may have the possibility to change now that he realizes that killing does not bring him happiness in life.

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