It started off with the grandmother who was trying to persuade her family to visit Tennessee instead of Florida for their vacation because she had motives, she tried everything in changing his mind and said “the kids already been there” they suggest she stays home but they knew that wouldn’t happened, the grandmother hides the cat in a basket in the car. The grandmother was dressed in the finest clothes, while driving and they were seeing some beautiful scenery. The grandmother conversations with the misfits reveals a lot about the grandmother and her religious beliefs, the misfit on the other hand does not believe the grandmother likes red Sammy because he agrees with her. The grandmother is so manipulative she convince Bailey travel off course.
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Kathyann, these are good observations about this silly and superficial grandmother; however, the prompt asks students to address the quote from O’Connor’s article about this story and what is at its “interior.”
Hello Kathyann, I agree that the grandmother was manipulative and not considering any alternative outcomes to her actions besides the fact that she was getting her way. I felt so sorry for her at the end the way she called for her son but, I also couldn’t tell whether she was calling for him because she was afraid he was shot or because she wanted him to help her. Since she kept pleading and asking the Misfit whether he would kill a lady. She still seemed to only for focused on herself. I started to think, as a mother, I would not have been concerned for my own life, if anything i’d be offering myself in trade or anything I could think of to save my family. Instead she kept trying to talk her way out of meeting the same fate as her son and grand children. The extent of her selfishness wasn’t as apparent for me until that point. I appreciate your perspective and thank you for sharing!