"I wisht I had of been there," he said, hitting the ground with his fist. "It ain"t right I wasn"t there because if I had been there I would have known. Listen lady," he said in a high voice, "if I had been there I would have known and I wouldn"t be like I am now."(132). He is implying that if he actually saw Jesus with his very own eyes and if he had seen the things that Jesus has done, he would have been a believer and live a good life. This is something that affects many people today. Many do not believe in Jesus because they did not personally witness his life and see firsthand weather or not he did all those things that are told in the bible. It is human nature not to believe in something that we did not see or something that cannot be proved with hard evidence. Jesus in the bible is the Son of God and the Son of the Virgin Mary. The Misfit makes a statement about his parents and the similarities between him and Jesus are profound. The grandmother first tells the Misfit that: "I know you"re a good man. You don"t look like you got a bit of common blood. I know you must come from nice people!" "Yes mam," he said, "finest people in the world." When he smiled he showed a row of strong white teeth. "God never made a finer woman than my mother and my daddy's heart was pure gold."(127) In Catholicism, the Virgin Mary is the highest proclaimed woman and is revered by many practicing Catholics. The Misfit saying that God has never made a better woman is like calling her the Virgin Mary. In Christian theology, the only being that is pure and without any imperfections is God himself; therefore when he describes his parents this way, it is very much like Jesus himself describing his parents. The Misfit claimed to be wrongfully jailed for a crime that he did not commit, this is very much like the story of Jesus. Jesus was a person who was wrongfully accused of the crimes of blasphemy and eventually executed by crucifixion.
