1. Foods and Growing Up Italian
Now from a feminist point of view you would think that a girl would find this repulsive. ... (Line 455) This was not what she wanted and it proved to her that her mother was not to be trusted. ... She recalls what was taught to her when she was a child. ... She would be the one needing to be rescued and her concern was with how she looked, what was she wearing, how did her hair look. ... Laird is permitted to do what he pleases. ...
O'Connor focuses her story on what is sinister in The Misfit and satirical in the grandmother and her family. ... In one of the more bizarre moments in the story, she suggests suburban propriety for what ails the Misfit: "Think how wonderful it would be to settle down and live a comfortable life and not have to think about somebody chasing you all the time." ... And more than extending grace, the grandmother appears to be insisting on what is not real or true, as she has throughout the story. ...