I think in its interior, this story is a complex psychological evaluation of the Grandmother character, and what she represents. She is very stubborn and stuck in the ways of the past. It also seems like she literally sees people as black and white. The racist story about the watermelon and talking about how the little boy not wearing pants was telling of her feelings about black people. She also assumes because the Misfit is a handsome white boy, that he must come from a good family background. And that he’s probably a good christian and prays and things like that. In the end it’s what got them all killed. She ended up being her own worst enemy, and that parallels with the Misfits life story as well. He was falsely accused of a crime, went to prison, then started actually committing crimes. I think that’s a lot of the interior of this story
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Hi,
I cannot agree more with your observation. I, too, believe that the way the story is written and carried, it sheds more light on how not even death itself can turn a judgmental and prejudiced into a “good” person.
Hello,
I very much agree with your views and opinions on the grandmother. Her racism is vividly portrayed at the beginning of the story like what you have said. I believe we have to link it to the context of when the story took place and how the grandmother sees herself as a highly-dignified righteous white lady. In addition to the events already mentioned on the surface, I also think of how the author emphasized why the grandmother wanted to visit the house and claims it to have a secret panel and why she is so reminiscent of the past. Perhaps it is related to the past history of slavery that is now buried and hidden when the story took place.