A family’s vacation has gone bad and the trip has not even started within the story, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”. The Grandmother tries to persuade her son, Bailey, and his wife to take the family to east Tennessee for vacation instead of Florida. She was reading thoroughly through a newspaper, when she pointed out an article about an escapee escapes from the Federal Pen approaching Florida, and included the children previously vacationed there. Bailey ignored his mother and proceeded making arrangements for his family vacation. The next morning, the family, Bailey (son), his wife, the newborn, June Star (daughter), John Wesley (son), and Grandmother (Bailey’s mother) packed their belongings in the car and began their journey through Atlanta
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She asked the Misfit if he ever prayed, just as he made an attempt to answer the question, two gunshots were fired. The Grandmother could not form a prayer, which actually shows her moral is weaken when it comes to Christ. Even though, the Misfit is a serial killer, he understands and interprets religion well unlike the Grandmother. In spite of all the wrongfulness the Misfit has partaken in, the Grandmother still wants to forgive him. The Grandmother tells the Misfit that he is one of her babies, when they do not know each other at all. Before she is murdered, she tried to convince the Misfit that she had changed and became a humble warm-hearted individual; therefore, her faith seemed real and truthful. The Misfit felt as though he had done the right thing by murdering the Grandmother and the rest of the family, but instead of the guys laughing and discussing the murders, they actually felt empty on the inside like they have not done anything. As a matter of fact, the Misfit tells Bobby Lee (one of the murders), “Shut up, Bobby Lee, … It’s no real pleasure in life.” (437). The Grandmother nor the Misfit are totally different, they both are manipulative, compulsive liars, and sneaky. In the end, they were both two sinners who has seen the light of
She asked the Misfit if he ever prayed, just as he made an attempt to answer the question, two gunshots were fired. The Grandmother could not form a prayer, which actually shows her moral is weaken when it comes to Christ. Even though, the Misfit is a serial killer, he understands and interprets religion well unlike the Grandmother. In spite of all the wrongfulness the Misfit has partaken in, the Grandmother still wants to forgive him. The Grandmother tells the Misfit that he is one of her babies, when they do not know each other at all. Before she is murdered, she tried to convince the Misfit that she had changed and became a humble warm-hearted individual; therefore, her faith seemed real and truthful. The Misfit felt as though he had done the right thing by murdering the Grandmother and the rest of the family, but instead of the guys laughing and discussing the murders, they actually felt empty on the inside like they have not done anything. As a matter of fact, the Misfit tells Bobby Lee (one of the murders), “Shut up, Bobby Lee, … It’s no real pleasure in life.” (437). The Grandmother nor the Misfit are totally different, they both are manipulative, compulsive liars, and sneaky. In the end, they were both two sinners who has seen the light of