As he proceeds through brief insights into his past, he enlightens the reader and the grandmother to clues as to where he began to lose this faith. Much of the Misfit's expulsion of religion is due to how he feels unfairly treated when it comes to his murder conviction. “I was never a bad boy that I can remember,” (18) and that the authorities “said what I had done was kill my father, but I knew that was a lie” (18-19) The Misfit Claims, Yet he was punished regardless, indicating some sort of inconsistency with the Christian promise that morally good people do not suffer as he did during his incarceration. or cut the last sentence and separate it to be more concise) He acknowledges that praying would most likely grant him some sort of moral satisfaction or salvation from sin, but states “I don't want any help” (19). This shows how he has lost touch with religion and no longer sees the benefit of having faith in Christianity due to the lack of help he received while going through difficult times in prison. The Misfit concludes his denunciation of Christianity by claiming that Jesus had “thrown everything out of balance” (21) and made a mistake in resurrecting the dead. For a man to consider the life work of Jesus a problem in society demonstrates a loss of faith in Christianity, a belief system founded on the idea that Jesus Christ saved society. The heart of the Misfit's conflict with religion lies in the belief that he, a morally sound and religiously faithful man, has been wronged, punished, and left high and dry by promises to save him from suffering made by the religion he once trusted. In this way, the Misfit has lost faith in religion due to the emotionally and physically difficult times he has endured throughout his life process.