The grandmother is the main character in the story “A good man is hard to find,” by Flannery O’Connor. The grandmother doesn’t value her life as it is, but worships what is was like long ago when she saw life past rosy glasses. This woman is determined to do whatever it takes to get what she wants and doesn’t let anyone else’s feelings stand in her way. The grandmother’s son, Bailey, and his family has planned a family trip to Florida. But the grandmother’s mind is set to go to Tennessee. She hands her son a newspaper article that has breaking news about a criminal by the name of Misfit that has escape a prison in Florida. She tries to convince her family by telling them that in Tennessee they won’t come in contact with the Misfit and that it’s way to risky to go to Florida. Bailey’s son, John
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She is also very immature. Even though the family has decided on going to Florida still and rather her opinions do not matter at all to the family. The grandmother is still very determined to get what. On the road they pass an old house the grandmother recalls it as a old plantation she visited when she was a young lady. She knew that Bailey would not be willing to lose any time looking at an old house (143). But she uses the grandchildren’s curiosity and gains their favor. The grandmother hypes up the old plantation to her grandchildren and they get so excited about it and want to she the house with the “secret panel” (143). June Starr, one of Bailey’s daughters, says to her dad, “we never seen a house with a secret panel!...Hey pop, can’t we go see the house with the secret panel?”(143). All the stress for Bailey’s kids wanting to she the house makes him get so aggravated while he’s driving and causes him to crash. The grandmother is not stopping until she finds a way to benefit from this family trip, she’s still lying to get her way and still says she’s a good
She is also very immature. Even though the family has decided on going to Florida still and rather her opinions do not matter at all to the family. The grandmother is still very determined to get what. On the road they pass an old house the grandmother recalls it as a old plantation she visited when she was a young lady. She knew that Bailey would not be willing to lose any time looking at an old house (143). But she uses the grandchildren’s curiosity and gains their favor. The grandmother hypes up the old plantation to her grandchildren and they get so excited about it and want to she the house with the “secret panel” (143). June Starr, one of Bailey’s daughters, says to her dad, “we never seen a house with a secret panel!...Hey pop, can’t we go see the house with the secret panel?”(143). All the stress for Bailey’s kids wanting to she the house makes him get so aggravated while he’s driving and causes him to crash. The grandmother is not stopping until she finds a way to benefit from this family trip, she’s still lying to get her way and still says she’s a good