"No one was particularly glad that Mary Fortune looked like her grandfather except for the old man himself. He thought it added greatly to her attractiveness. He thought she was the smartest and prettiest child he had ever seen and he let the rest of them known that if, IF that was, he left anything to anybody, it would be Mary Fortune he left it to" (O'Connor 526).
At the beginning of the story the likeness between Mr. Fortune and Mary Fortune is pointed out several times. Mr. Fortune allows the Pitts to couple his name with her's because he see's his features in her the day she was born. He plans to leave her everything because he is sure that she is the only one like him feature wise and has more intelligence than the others so she can control them. He has so much trust in the little girl.
As a reader though I didn't trust Mary Fortune. She's stubborn and secretive, telling Mr. Fortune 'don't be buttin into my business' when supposedly she is closest to him. Her actions and the way Mr. Fortune described her never added up, so when she goes a bit psycho it did not surprise me. Yet, it surprised Mr. Fortune.
So, my question is: Why did Fortune put such blinding faith in a child because she looked like him? What does this say about the physical connection between people?
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