Foreshadowing "A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
Stephanie McCollum
Laurie Webb
ENG 1123
June 16, 2011
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” is a story of tragedy about a family planning a vacation against
the grandmother’s better judgment. The grandmother wishes to take a trip to Tennessee, because of a
convict on the loose. Bailey is planning a trip to Florida even though the grandmother warns him that
the “Misfit” is heading toward Florida.
Before their long journey to Florida, the Family decides to stop at a diner to eat. During the
visit at the diner, the family discusses the Misfit with the diner’s owner. The diner’s owner’s wife
expresses her fear of being robbed by the misfit. After eating their food and ending their conversations
the family leaves for Florida. Outside of Toombsboro the grandmother remembered an old plantation
she once visited when she was young. She describes the house and tells them about the secret panel.
The Children have never seen a house with a secret panel and throw a fit to see it. Bailey is not willing to
go to the house, but the children insist.
The grandmother shows Bailey the road and he turns down it. As they were traveling the road,
the grandmother jumps as she remembered the house is in Tennessee not Georgia. When she jumped
she caused Bailey to lose control of the car and runs into a ditch. No one in the family was hurt, but the
vehicle was too damaged to drive leaving the family stranded. The family had no other choice but to sit
and wait for someone to drive by.
As they were sitting on street, they saw a car coming over the hills. The car stopped at the
accident and out stepped three men carrying guns. The grandmother notices that one of the men look
familiar, but she cannot put it together. As she realizes who he is the grandmother asks him if he is The
Misfit. The Misfit tells the other two men two take Bailey and his boy to the woods. As the grandmother
is reasoning with , she
Laurie Webb
ENG 1123
June 16, 2011
“A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” is a story of tragedy about a family planning a vacation against
the grandmother’s better judgment. The grandmother wishes to take a trip to Tennessee, because of a
convict on the loose. Bailey is planning a trip to Florida even though the grandmother warns him that
the “Misfit” is heading toward Florida.
Before their long journey to Florida, the Family decides to stop at a diner to eat. During the
visit at the diner, the family discusses the Misfit with the diner’s owner. The diner’s owner’s wife
expresses her fear of being robbed by the misfit. After eating their food and ending their conversations
the family leaves for Florida. Outside of Toombsboro the grandmother remembered an old plantation
she once visited when she was young. She describes the house and tells them about the secret panel.
The Children have never seen a house with a secret panel and throw a fit to see it. Bailey is not willing to
go to the house, but the children insist.
The grandmother shows Bailey the road and he turns down it. As they were traveling the road,
the grandmother jumps as she remembered the house is in Tennessee not Georgia. When she jumped
she caused Bailey to lose control of the car and runs into a ditch. No one in the family was hurt, but the
vehicle was too damaged to drive leaving the family stranded. The family had no other choice but to sit
and wait for someone to drive by.
As they were sitting on street, they saw a car coming over the hills. The car stopped at the
accident and out stepped three men carrying guns. The grandmother notices that one of the men look
familiar, but she cannot put it together. As she realizes who he is the grandmother asks him if he is The
Misfit. The Misfit tells the other two men two take Bailey and his boy to the woods. As the grandmother
is reasoning with , she