In my opinion, the story in its interior refers to the intension of the story. In the text, “The grandmother didn’t want to go to Florida. She wanted to visit some of her connections in east Tennessee and she was seizing at every chance to change Bailey’s mind…Now look here, Bailey,” she said, “see here, read this,” and she stood with one hand on her thin hip and the other rattling the newspaper at his bald head…Just you read it. I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal like that a loose in it”.
At the beginning of the story, the grandmother uses a newspaper story of an escaped convict heading to Florida to try to convince her son, Bailey, to go to Tennessee. Whether she uses fear or guilt, her main goal stands as getting to Tennessee. However, when Bailey refuses to budge on altering the trip’s course, she willingly goes along, revealing that she never truly feared they’d run into the criminal known as The Misfit.
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Melissa, I hope you will revisit the story for some additional ideas. What you say is no incorrect, but the prompt asks for a broader look at what is below the surface of this story.