Throughout the story she is vain and constantly mentions the importance of materialistic things. When her life is about to end she turns to Jesus to save her from murder, but she gave up her innocence when she considered herself above everyone else. Their values, especially those of the Grandmothers, made them sinners and not good people. Her selfish personality had turned her into the baggage that burdened the family, their salvation was the Misfit. No one put her in her place and the Misfit believed he should have done so concluding with "if there had been someone there shooting her every minute of her life" (O' Conner). The Misfit didn't believe he would benefit from her death as he thought he would