This results in them having an accident. Sadly the family has an unexpected run in with the “prisoner” and are killed by him. “You’re The Misfit… I recognized you at once,” says the grandmother to the older man before her untimely demise (O’Conner 147).” The detour had frightened poor Pitty and she springs onto the grandmother’s son’s shoulder while he is driving down this detoured road. This could have been easily avoid, had the son gained some more common sense. Also, poor little Pitty could have been left at home instead of being dragged along to this trip. Not many cats like a creepy car ride though the country after all.
In “Good Country People,” another family has a run in with a stranger and mistakenly entrusts him with their trust and good nature. In the story, there is a woman known as Mrs. Hope, who is the mother of a girl named Joy. Though Joy prefers to be called Hulga. This pair is not two peas in a pot though. They are in truth nothing alike. Hulga is a stay at home amputee with a good college degree. So why would she not want to get out in the world? Maybe find a good ol’ country boy to sweep her off her feet. Hulga is very shy about her disability. She lost her leg in a hunting