he grandmother made this remark. She was astounded that her son would be willing to take his family into such a place with possible danger and remarked with, “I wouldn’t take my children in any direction with a criminal like that a lose in it. I couldn’t answer to my conscience if I did” (232). At first interpretation most readers probably thought was just a way for the grandmother to get out of going on the trip, although it was an example for the author to show how family life had changed from her time. Even with changing family styles, grandparents are a group of people who are usually admired and looked up to by family members, and a favorite of young children. The aspect of this story that made it even more powerful was the authors chose to include the children in playing a role that was much similar to their older counterparts. This put a big emphasize on the how life’s morals are transferred from one generation to the next. She wanted the reader to see how the people the parents were could be seen in the attitude of the children. As the trip to Florida begins grandmother settles in for the car ride and keeps herself occupied by taken in and enjoying the county, its sites, and informing the others about its history. Around this time, the children begin to reveal themselves as brats, and illustrate the lost respect and discipline. June Star and her brother begin slapping each other and the grandmother. Without say from the children’s parents, the grandmother takes it upon herself to keep the peace between them, by telling them a story of a black child mistakenly eating her watermelon with initials from a suitor carved in it reading E.A.T. At one point John Wesley says: “Let’s go through Georgia fast so we don’t have to look at it much, John Wesley said. “If I were a little boy,” said the grandmother, “I wouldn’t talk about my native state that way. Tennessee has the mountains and Georgia has the hills.” “Tennessee is just a hillbilly dumping ground, “John Wesley said, “and Georgia is a lousy state too.” “You said it, “June Star said. This comm

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John Wesley, Hard Find”, Star Red’s, Red Sammy, June Star, Finally Bailey, Misfit Ironically, Pitty Sing, Red Sam’s, june star, Flanney O’Conner’s, john wesley, trip florida, “i wouldn’t, grandmother tries, grandmother spoke, red grandmother, modern world, red sammy, society culture,