The article does not touch on how the parents act, and it did not describe how little of a role they played in the story. Throughout the story, the parents were hardly mentioned. They clearly were extremely passive with disciplining their children, and the mother was even referred to as a “cabbage”. The father also did very little while the family was being taken by the Misfit. The article did not discuss the narcissistic tendences of the Grandmother. She was extremely concerned about her appearance and how she wanted things to go in the car. She derailed their trip by looking for a house from her childhood without a map, removing them from the main road and causing the accident. The Grandmother also did not check in with her family to make sure they were alright after the car crash. Her main concern was with herself, and whether she would get attention if she was injured.
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Tess, so your point is that there were many things you gleaned that, in fact, were not discussed in the article. Or maybe you are responding to comments by others about the parents, which, as you note, are not actually discussed in the article. Indirectly, the article may suggest that the parents’ complacency is very much like the complacency of the Grandmother, which is in sharp contrast with the passionate character of the Misfit. But yes, your take on the prompt is very interesting!
Hello Tess, I completely agree with you that the grandmother was the primary cause of the accident since she insisted on getting them off the main route and neglected to check on the well-being of her family members. The parents are absolutely absent from the story. Additionally, the parents showed no reaction to their children’s behavior, as if there were no rules for acceptable and respectful behavior.