American Literature / Unit 16 AML 1512 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"A Good Man Is Hard to Find"
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The idea
The anchor calls it her most anthologized and one of her most violent stories. A family of six on holiday to Florida meets an escaped killer the story names the Misfit, and the encounter ends the family. The collection of the same title appeared in nineteen fifty-five.
In practice
A family, a wrong road, a killer.
Where people slip
The comedy runs right up to the violence.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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