In "A Good Man is Hard to Find", both the grandmother and the misfit are beneficiaries of mercy. They are uplifted despite their many flaws, sins, and weaknesses (O' Connor, 158). Finally, the grandmother applies the label "good" by accident, obscuring the description of a "good man" until the meaning of the label slips out of place. From suspense to foreshadowing, other different styles of literacy are exhibited. All the characters in both stories share the same death experiences as their colleagues lose their lives in their presence. However, the contrast also arises. In Cold Blood, Bothick and Perry Smith regret the crime they committed. However, in O'Connor's “A Good man is hard to find,” the Misfit does not regret his