Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To Find"

This story is a tale about a family that is embarking on a vacation. The Grandmother, the central character of the story, from the beginning tries to covers things into going her way by antagonizing over "good". She wants to go to Tennessee not Florida, the vacation destination, so she tells the family that "The Misfit" an escaped criminal is herd to be around that way. The family doesn't budge and so they continue on their Journey. The mother who seems complacent, and indifferent is accompanied by two rowdy, rude, selfish kids, and an almost silent husband. The grandmother is depicted as trying to exude an image of good lady-like behavior by her wardrobe, and other exterior choices, when her behavior is ironically self involved. They stop to eat and return to their journey. The grandmother tells a tale of a plantation she once visited, and decides she must see it again so she makes up a story to appeal to the kids and they make a fuss until the father agrees to stop. On the way to the house, the cat that the grandmother secretly brought gets out and in turn causes the father to crash the car. A car stops and 3 men come to their rescue, but after the grandmother recognizes and calls out one of the men who is actually the misfit it leads to their demise.