I just want to say this is probably my favorite story. A southern gothic classic in my opinion I love it. It has been a while since I felt so passionate and mesmerized by a story. “We know what the story is about on the surface. What do you feel the story is about in its “interior?” is a very ironic question since the story is about how appearances can be decieving. The grandma acts like she is a top class lady and thinks she is more superior than others by the way she is very racist and classist, calling the little black child who has done nothing but be a bystander living his own life a slur and showing her racist and very snobby side. She doesn’t even feel the need to learn her daughter in law’s name or get to her and just simply refers to her own daughter in law and mother of her grandchildren “The children’s mother” The family’s demise is all based on cause and effect of the grandmother manipulating the family to see a plantation that is not even in Georgia but in Tennessese. The Grandma thinks herself as so smart and cunning and can get her own way no matter what just like how racist and classist and every bit of a snob she is. The Grandma warning the family of the dangers of traveling is also a self fullfilling prophecy at the end since she is also the cause of getting her own family killed. The Grandma tries to see the good in the Misfit because of the way he is dressed and his demeanor which also plays into her being snobby and classist and only judges people based on their outer appearance and their outer appearance only which in the end led to not only her demise but her whole family.
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Vivian, thank you for the insightful comments. You’re so right that the prompt is a little ironic given that the story is so much about exterior versus interior realities and perceptions. One little request, please do not check anything under “Category Sticky” when you post. Leave it to read “Select Categories.” When students check the sticky, my directions no longer appear first. Thanks! (I have changed this for this post).
Hi Vivian, I like your take of the story and I agree that it’s mostly about how appearances are deceiving as supported by Red Sammy’s story when he gave gas to two people because he thought they looked all right. I think it’s interesting how throughout the story the grandma kept on telling people they were a good person and she even said that to the Misfit even though she knew that he was the murderer and was the one that recognized him and was talking about him the whole time.