Friday, October 31, 2008

Compare and contrast the grandmother and the Misfit in "A Good Man is Hard to Find".

The grandmother has
enjoyed privilege in her life, the privilege associated with her social and economic class.  The
Misfit has not enjoyed such privilege, and he is bitter.  When the grandmother readies herself
for a road trip, she wears a dress with matching hat and gloves because she wants to make sure
that, should she be in an accident, any person who sees her dead on the side of the road would
know that she's a lady.  She judges society for having lost its manners, and she mourns the fact
that people are no longer honest and good in her view.  However, she doesn't seem to have
any...

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