A Good Man is Hard to Find


After reading the story A Good Man is Hard to Find I have mixed emotions on whether the family had it coming to them for being killed or if I should feel sorry for them. The whole family seems to disrespect the grandmother and she in returns seems to manipulate them. When they run into “The Misfit” an escaped murder she tries to convince him that he is a good man as his friends are killing her family. She tires to save her self-saying you wouldn’t shoot a lady and doesn’t try to safe her family.  What grandmother wouldn’t try to save her son or grandchildren?  At the end when the misfit himself shoots the grandmother three times made me believe he didn’t believe he could ever be a good man like she was implying,  he saw right through her manipulative ways just trying to save herself.

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  1. Esin OzildizOctober 25, 2019 at 3:00 PM

    I also had mixed emotions with this story. The grandmother was manipulating but at the same time the family was disrespectful to her. I found it odd that although she knew her family was being murdered, the grandmother only thought about herself and how precious her life was. The story had a lot of shady characters that were not to be trusted.

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    1. Patricia EvansOctober 29, 2019 at 10:20 AM

      I wonder if the family acting disrespectful toward her because she acted as thought she was better then them all the time. Through out the story the Grandmother did things that she wanted and didn't care how it put any of her family members out. I believe there was irony at the end of the story that the one man that she feared was the one to pull the trigger.

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  2. Carolina KhaninOctober 29, 2019 at 4:33 PM

    I love your comment. I believe the grandmother couldn't control herself (specially her mouth), and somehow she brought this disgrace upon the family. There were multiple issues within the family. The story for me was odd, like a strange horror movie. Interesting that after everything was practically caused by the grandma she thought of saving herself rather than the family.

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