A Good Man is Hard to Find

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My Analysis of Grandma
In the story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, the grandmother, also know as the old lady, has the type of personality I would not like my grandmother to have. The grandmother, who is not named in the story, is very annoying and likes to talk a lot.
In the very beginning of the story there is evidence that the grandmother is not very favored by her own son, Bailey. She tries to convince her son that they shouldn’t take the trip to Florida because of murderer who has escaped from prison and because of the children have been there and need to see other places in the world. In addition she just doesn’t want to go to Florida. She would rather go to Tennessee for personal reasons but she doesn’t tell her son that. All the while, she is ignored by him. For the entire time that the grandmother is talking to him, Bailey continues to read his sports paper as if she is not even in the room. Bailey doesn’t respond to her. The only one who acknowledges that she is speaking is Bailey’s son, John Wesley. John Wesley makes a suggestion; “If you don’t want to go to Florida, why dontcha stay home?” (285) June Star, John Wesley’s’ sister also adds her comments and makes a point that her grandmother would not stay home for fear that she would be missing anything that happens on their trip. This little fact also says that the grandmother has a tendency to be nosy and would always like to be involved in some way.
Throughout the whole trip, it seems as thought the grandmother talks the most. She is like a child who has to point out everything that she sees along the way. During the ride she also tells stories that only she I really interested in hearing although John Wesley did happen to find one her stories very funny.
In addition to being annoying and talking a lot, the grandmother reminds me of the grandmother in a sitcom on television called “Everybody Loves Raymond”. The two ar...