Importance Of Reasoning: When Grandma Walk Into An Event

The grandmother also secretly brought the family cat, “She had her big black valise and underneath it she was hiding a basket with Pitty Sing, the cat, in it” (O’ Connor 1106), even though “Her son, Bailey, didn’t like to arrive at a motel with a cat” (O’ Connor 1107). When The Misfit arrives, “The grandmother had the peculiar feeling that the bespectacled man was someone she knew” (O’ Connor 1112), but when she later realizes who the man is, she claims, “‘I recognized you at once!’” (O’ Connor 1113). She tells The Misfit, “‘we turned over twice!’” (O’ Connor 1112), even though they both knew that it was only once. Lastly, the grandmother lies again to herself and to The Misfit when she says, “‘you shouldn’t call yourself The Misfit because I know you’re a good man at heart’” (O’ Connor 1113). The only reason she says this is in an attempt to save her life.

The Grandma is prim and proper and self-acclaimed to be very ‘lady like’ yet is extremely crass in her mannerisms. From the very beginning of the story the grandmother begins to show her selfish ways. “…and headed toward Florida and you read here what it says he did to these people. Just you read it. I wouldn't take my children in any direction with a criminal like that aloose in it. I couldn't answer to my conscience if I did." (O’Connor 1). Though the grandmother is not specific in her selfishness, it seems her indirectness is what gets her nowhere in her statements. As a result of this, neither her children nor her grandchildren do not show reverence for her. Without the parents respect for the Grandmother, there is no possibility for her to gain the grandchildren’s respect. Here again we have another character whose role was not the main role, but one who has a lesson to teach if the reader is willing to dig deep enough to find

A literal interpretation of the grandmother portrays an elderly southern woman attempting to maintain the proper and genteel values of the South. The grandmother places great importance on her appearance and the opinions of others. This importance is revealed at the beginning of their journey when the story compares the grandmother, a reflection of the past, to the daughter-in-law, a reflection of the present:

From the outset of the story The Grandmother was concerned about her appearance and social status, as it pertains to perception. This behavior is displayed in the text — as well as in other places— when explaining why The Grandmother wore a particular dress: “In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady.” (357) A distinction she manifestly, not to mention earnestly, deeply regards. The preparation for such an eventuality isn't what corroborates the point. It is the purposeful choice to don a particular outfit in

There is an expectation for how people should behave in every situation. It is never made explicit what Grandma likes but it is very explicit what kind of behavior she does not like. When she marries off one of her sons she is deeply annoyed by the “tall, handsome, firm looking woman, with a direct way of speaking, walking, talking, that seemed to promise that the spoiled Baby’s days of clover were ended” (Porter, 18). This woman rattles Grandmother because she shows agency over her own life. Instead of waiting to be addressed before talking, and walking as she was taught in cotillion, she wants to “follow the chuck-wagon on the round-up and help in the cattle-branding on her father’s ranch” (Porter, 18). From a Northern perspective, there is nothing wrong with this attitude. These suggested activities help the household and benefit both her and her husband. Grandmother, however, finds it indicative of a bigger problem, she embodies “the ‘new’ woman who was beginning to run wild, asking for the vote, leaving her home and going out in the world to earn her own living” (Porter, 18). Grandmother is so repulsed that she shudders at the thought of “women so unsexing themselves” (Porter,

Time for wacky grandma and annoying dad! Conors grandma is not your everyday normal grandma. “[Conor] met Lily’s grandma...she was how grandmas were supposed to be: crinkly and smiley, with white hair and the whole lot” (Ness 38). Instead Patrick generates Conors grandma as one who; “[wears] tailored pantsuits, dyed her hair to keep out of the gray, and said things that made no sense at all, like ‘Sixty is the fifty’” (Ness 39). Patrick also lets the reader see who Conors grandma really is, such as; “Conors grandma pinched Conor’s cheek so hard he swore she was going to draw blood” (Ness 38). She is seen to be very negative and harsh to Conor throughout the story, saying that Conor must accept the inevitable (in this case, his moms death), but she is doing it for the sake of Conor, he refuses to listen to her since he sees her as a negative vibe that is bad for him and his mom. Not only did his grandmother come to see her daughter, but Conors dad as well, all the way from America. Conors mom invites Conors

She intentionally lies about the house having a secret panel just to get the kids interest so that Bailey would be more likely to stop and visit. The grandmother is also portrayed as being very loud and outgoing. When the family stops at the restaurant, she carries on a conversation with a complete stranger. She also wants to get up and dance.

The grandmother also kept her secret quiet due to embarrassment. When she realized that the house she was talking about was in Tennessee not Georgia, she was too embarrassed to say anything. "The thought was so embarrassing that she turned red in the face and her eyes dilated and her feet jumped up. . .the cat, sprang onto Bailey's shoulder." (163) Because the grandmother chose to keep her secret quiet, it cost her family their lives. Bailey got scared, the car wrecked,

In this short story, the character of the Narrators Gran, helps convey the old prejudice views of her generation. The narrators grandmother has the belief that you should be friends with people based on where they come from and how they look, unfortunately for Mary Moon, she does not fit in with the character description of a person the Gran would appreciate her granddaughter being friends with. The quote "the lassie takes the milk in when she comes back at night" allows us to understand that the narrators Gran has appallingly judged Mary on the acts that she has to do to live. The narrator also goes on to describe the area where Mary comes from as a "bomb-site" which shows that the grandmothers views have sadly 'rubbed off' on her own opinions. This creates a tough decision having to be faced as the narrator originally doesn't want to annoy the grandmother by being associated with someone like

The grandmother demonstrates that she does not see things for how they truly are. We see this when they are driving down to Florida and she sees a Negro boy and goes “ Look at the cute little pickaninny!” (O’Connor 251). She then goes on about in the past, they never had pants because they were expensive, but she goes how cute at a poor boy. Not realizing that the little Negro was poor and had nothing. Also, when the misfit comes and attacks them, she tells him over and over again “ Listen,”... “ I know you’re a good man. You don’t look a bit like you have common blood. I know you must come from good people!” (O’Connor 259). She says this that based on his appearance, which he looks fair, but has strong white teeth, which was uncommon at the time and signifies wealth, that he will not kill a lady because she has manners and feel she is above everyone because of these

This article is about Rachel Bloom’s life or in other words about her crazy life and how she impacted people. She had her own ways of doing things, also the way she had appointed herself to people was different. Most wouldn’t be as wild as Rachel or show the characteristics she did.

Two more pertinent points are made by the author, in regards to the grandmother, follow in quick succession; both allude to further yet-to-be seen gloom within the story. O’Connor writes of the grandmother “[s]he didn’t intend for the cat to be left alone in the house for three days because he would miss her too much and she was afraid he might brush against one of the gas burners and accidentally asphyxiate himself” (1043) and of the way she is dressed “[i]n case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady” (1043). These two observations are innocent enough on the surface but provide true intent on the foreshadowing that O’Connor uses throughout the story. It is these two devices, irony and foreshadowing, that I feel are prominent and important aspects of the story and are evidenced in my quest to decipher this story.

Parents should monitor their children’s use of cell phones and social media because you never know what kind of people are spying or stalking their child or children. There are all sorts of social media, for example Facebook,Twitter,Instagram,Snapchat,Musically and other kinds, people are always on the internet.There could also be inappropriate stuff that the kids should not see or learn.Big older kids use very bad language when they are on social media.The kids could also be hacked or be stalked by strangers. Other kids can get bullied for not having a phone or social media.Another bad thing that can happen is that the kids can get kidnapped.

Both incidents are prime examples that show the grandmother?s behavior. We see that the grandmother is selfish and uncaring. She claims that she is a "good" person, yet she criticizes everyone and always wants to get her way. She hides the cat and lies about it to her son; she did not consider how anyone would feel about her bringing the cat. Yet, on the other hand she is very concerned with social opinion. She is dressed nicely, her excuse is that "in case of an accident anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know that she was a lady" (O?Connor 907). This shows that the grandmother was very concerned with people?s opinion. She acted proper, had strong virtues, values; a good woman in her view. But she was a self- centered person who judged others harshly, so that she would look good.

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