This short story wasn't my favorite, however it wasn't my least favorite. For me this short story starts off like a typical rode trip would. The family dynamic also seemed kind of typical to me. Meaning the two younger kids wouldn't really listen to the grandma and couldn't keep quiet during the car ride. Also how Bailey would kind of ignore his mom. I thought that the grandma was funny. She would just talk the whole car ride but no one would listen to her. Throughout the whole story she would comment on everything but no one would listen to her. However I was really confused about the car crash. What kind of car was it? If it was a present day car, everyone wouldn't have fallen out of the car. I don't understand how everyone fell out of the car just because the grandma made a sudden movement. Then I don't understand how they lose the car. When the three men come with their car, I know something bad was going to happen. Then when the grandma is thinking about where she knows one of the guys from, I knew it going to be the Misfit. I kind of found it a little predicable. The first paragraph of the whole short story the Misfit is mentioned and the grandma talks about how they shouldn't go on the trip and then they end up getting killed by him. I found the middle of the story a little slow. There were some parts of the story that I think were a little boring and I got uninterested, but then there were some parts that I wanted to find out what was going to happen. I also found the ending confusing, with the grandma talking about praying and Jesus.
Explain the significance of the title to the story.
When the family goes to Red Sammy's restaurant, Sammy and the grandma talk about how now a days there are no good men. The grandma said "I remember the day you could go off and leave your screen door unlatched. Not on more door open" She is saying that now a days there are no good people and you can't trust anyone. Also Sammy and his wife were talking about how you can't trust anyone.
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