A Good Man is Hard to Find Short Story
What character do you find most interesting in the story? Why? Point to specific parts of the text to discuss this. While reading this bizarre story, I found the grandmother in the first chapter to be the most interesting. Her thought process was very odd, and slightly graphic. For example, before they go on their road trip, she decides to bring along her cat Pitty Sing: “She didn’t intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for 3 days because he would miss her too much and she was afraid he might brush up against one of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself.” You can see why the author’s writing has been described as grotesque and apocalyptic. Another example is when her outfit is described. “Her collars and cuffs were white organdy trimmed with lace and at her neckline she had pinned a purple spray of cloth violets containing a sachet. In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady.” It seems like heav...