In the story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, I think had the Grandmother never said to the robbers that she recognized them the family may have not been killed. After the family went on a detour down a dirt road so that the Grandmother could see a home where a suiter, she once knew used to live they had an automobile accident. Once they got out of the car and decided no one was injured they were happy to see a car coming toward them. The family’s car was not drivable after the accident and they were somewhat stranded so they were happy to see what could have been help on the way. Once the occupants of the car approached the family the Grandmother immediately announced that she recognized the men as the bandits that they had heard so many bad stories about recently. Once, the bandits realized the family knew who they were they decided to kill them and leave them dead rather than take the chance of them alerting the police to their location.
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