ELA Blog #1

{The most interesting character in the story was the grandma because she had a very diverse character and an unpredictable personality} On Page 3 and 4 the grandma is shown as a very observant person, as well as someone who envies the past and is displeased with the current state that they are in. She said, “In my time… children were more respectful of their native states and their parents and everything else. People did right then.” (Page 4). You also know that she is very observant because on page 9 she recalls features that she remembers about the house they are going to such as the “the beautiful glass over the front doorway” and “the candle lamp in the hall” (Page 10). Another interesting feature of the grandma is her ability to stay composed. When she notices that the man is the Misfit she does not begin to fear for the worst, she instead makes conversation with the man and even tries to change his ways. She said, “you shouldn’t call yourself The Misfit because I know you're a good man at heart. I can just look at you and tell.” (Page 15). She also tried to soothe The Misfit in a way when she began asking him about his life. She attempts to make him feel better about his life when she suggested that he might have been put in the penitentiary by accident and that God was with him (Page 20). Although she begins losing her composure on page 21 she still tries to comfort him by saying that he still had good blood in him, but sadly that was not enough to prevent her death. The best and most interesting feature about her though was her goal to always find a positive side to something. Along with that was her attempts to change The Misfits life and help him get on a good path. She was a good-hearted and positive woman who tried to fix a broken man. Throughout the last 10 pages, she is constantly pointing out positive things about The Misfit and how he could change for the better. On page 17 she gave The Misfit a chance at a positive life when she said that if he were honest then he could live a worry-free life. She also asks him to pray and to become one with God because she believed that it would help him make the right decisions (Page 18). You were also unaware of what she would do next, she would go from begging on one page to being calm on another. The grandma was an unpredictable character who had a very diverse personality which kept me intrigued throughout the reading because she always had me wondering what her next move was.