The killer in this story says his name derives from his inability to decide whether Jesus raised the dead or not.
The mention of the town of Toomsboro and the description of the killer's "black, hearse-like automobile" foreshadow the killings of six characters at the end of this short story. The snotty children June Star and John Wesley constantly abuse their parents and grandmother in this story, and the cat Pitty Sing causes a car crash when it springs from a picnic basket. The killer in this story says his name derives from his inability to decide whether Jesus raised the dead or not. FTP the Misfit kills a family at the end of what ironically titled short story by Flannery O'Connor?
The mention of the town of Toomsboro and the description of the killer's "black, hearse-like automobile" foreshadow the killings of six characters at the end of this short story.
“{A Good Man Is Hard to Find}”