“A good man is hard to find” is a pretty interesting short story. It follows a grandmother and her family are traveling to Florida. Unlike the rest of her family, however, the Grandmother would rather go to Tennessee. She shows a newspaper article to her son Bailey, whose house she lives in. The article tells of an escaped convict known as the Misfit, who has escaped federal prison and is believed to be headed toward Florida. The Grandmother says that she would never take her children near such a dangerous criminal. They ignore her, and start driving. The family argues constantly: nobody listens to the Grandmother, her grandchildren mock her, and encounter multiple things. The family stops at The Tower, a filling station and dance hall, for barbecued sandwiches. The owner of the store is Red Sammy Butts. They talk about how there aren’t many good men left. After they leave, the drive into a ditch and someone comes by to help. The Grandma recognizes the guy as the Misfit. Because of that, he says that was a mistake to know who he was. In the end, he and his henchmen kill everyone, even though the grandma was trying to say he was a good man. This story was interesting, although there wasn’t really a theme.
