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“A Good Man is Hard to Find” is by Flannery O'Connor. This story turns out to be a sad ending one. The summary included a man, Bailey, who wants to take his family on vacation to Florida, His mother, the grandmother, doesn’t want to because of the old legend of "The Misfit." He was a dangerous criminal and the grandmother was very alarmed of him. Bailey ends up taking the family to Florida, not listening to the grandmother. This results in the death of everyone because they come in contact with The Misfit, who kills everyone with the help of his cronies. At the end, I was surprised how he killed the grandmother, even when she tried to connive him that he's a good man. This shows that the man has no good intentions for anyone in the world. I

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