A Good Man is Hard to Find

The story itself is a bit bizarre. The main characters are the grandmother and the misfit. The grandmother has a selfish, self-centered, manipulative personality. Everything starts with the grandma nagging her son about some criminals that escaped from a federal pen. From them on, there is a dark omen throughout the story. They left for their vacation trip. As usual, the grandma is directing the family to turn out of their way to do something else. As a result of that, the entire family gets murdered by the misfits. The main point of the story is that it is hard to find a good man. It is about religion and trust feelings. When they are trapped by the situation, the grandma, instead of trying to save everyone’s life, in a self-sacrificing spirit, she is trying to save herself. She begins a conversation about religion, pray, Jesus with the misfit trying to change his heart, which backfired on her when she, in the end, was killed. This conversation, to me, looked faked and forced. The story seemed to me as resembling a movie, especially a horror one, and a bit surreal. 

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  1. Esin OzildizNovember 1, 2019 at 5:28 PM

    I agree with you regarding the grandmother being selfish, she knew they were going to be murdered but tried tio save her life instead, i believe she is much of a misfit as the man.

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