A Good Man is Hard to Find
Short Summary
This story is about a family that wants to go on vacation. Their first choice for vacation is Florida but the recent escape of a killer named "The Misfit" changed their mind, so they traveled north to Tennessee. Along the way they met a guy named Sammy at the bar. Him and the grandmother have a conversation about not trusting people. After that they continue on and turn onto a dirt road that the grandma thought she remembered from long ago. Turns out that the house wasn't in Georgia. The cat the grandma brought along with her made Bailey crash and flip the car. A black car pulls up to them and it turns out to be the Misfit. In the end the Misfit kills everyone after the grandma fails to counsel him.
Character List
Bailey - Dad
John Weasley, June Starr - Kids
Grandma - Grandma
The Misfit - Escaped Convict
Hiram - henchman
Sammy - owner of the bar
Vocabulary
Asphyxiate - kill by depriving of air
Bespectacled - a person wearing eyeglasses
Pickaninny - a small black child
Knack - a skill at performing a certain task
Literary Devices
Realism - This story is something that could really happen and does happen to families.
Good vs. Evil - The grandmother tries to pray with The Misfit and tries to get to him. The grandmother is portrayed as good and the Misfit is evil..
Religion - The grandmother is praying with the Misfit and tries to show him Jesus
A Way to Remember
The title of the story is "A Good Man is Hard to Find" and in the end a man ends up killing an entire family proving that good men are hard to find.