The Ending of the Story
I think the ending of the story is somewhat the grandmothers fault. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” begins with an innocent road trip, however, due to coercion by the Grandmother; it soon turns into a fatal nightmare. She insists that the family go to Florida instead of Tennessee, she got the kids all excited about the old plantation story and they convince Bailey to go there. However, the old plantation was actually in Tennessee, she is so startled by this realization that she let go of her car. The cat propelled onto Baileys shoulder that he lost control and caused the car veers off the road and flip over. After being saved from the dramatic car accident, they got captured by The Misfit and was shoot dead by his men in the woods.
When her father passed away, it was a devastating loss for Miss Emily. The lines from the story She told them her father was not dead. She did that for three days, (Charter 171) conveys the message that she tried to hold on to him, even after his death.
In the short “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner, the main character, Emily Grierson, does not like change. An example of Emilys refusal to change is when her father passed away. When her father passed away, it was a devastating loss for Emily. The lines from the story “She told them her father was not dead. She did that for three days,” conveys the message that she tried to hold on to him, even after his death. Another example is when Emily killed Homer Barron, her lover. By murdering Homer, Emily is able to preserve him and keep his memory forever to herself and no change can take that away from her.