A Good Man

"A Good Man Is Hard to Find" started out almost like our logs of Groundhogs Day. It relayed every aspect of the characters day to the reader. Everything that was said was recorded and even the small details were included. As it went on the reader gets to know the characters better. It seems the author wanted to especially emphasize the grandmother and never mentioned her real name. The reader also got to know the children fairly well, at least enough to know that they acted like children, even a little on the spoiled side. The mother and father's personalities were hard to grasp as they remained fairly quiet throughout the story. The grandmother's worst fear is running into "The Misfit", a runaway criminal. The Misfit reminds me of Arnold Friend in a way as do many other themes of the story. As soon as they spot the misfit for the first time, the grandmother recognizes him, but can't remember where from. This theme was also in "Where are you going, where have you been", when Arnold Friend says, "You know who I am, you just don't remember". Soon after the grandmother does remember that he is indeed the infamous criminal, but does not realize until the end that he is actually her son. Unlike Arnold Friend however, I feel that the criminal himself may have some mental problems. He himself can not remember why he was in prison in the first place, and he seems to be a little off kilter generally. I find this story to be extremely tragic, but I feel that there is a deeper meaning to it. Although, the moral of the story........ is the story.