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The short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is about a family who sets out to take a trip to Florida.   However, as they are driving to Florida, they decide to take a detour which leads to an encounter with three criminals who escaped from prison.   One of them was called “The Misfit”. The main characters seem to be the grandmother and the Misfit.   I believe the story is about how difficult situations can give us an opportunity to change. In the beginning of the story, we see that the grandmother is manipulative as she tries to convince her son Bailey not to take them on the trip to Florida because she wants to go to Tennessee instead.   She also seems to be judgmental as she tells her grandchildren that in her time “children were more respectful of their native states and their parents and everything else.   When they encounter The Misfit, and the grandmother recognizes him from the newspaper, she immediately starts telling him that he is good, that he...

The Use of Force is about struggle.   One struggle between the physician and his patient and the other between the physician trying to stay composed as he is struggling with his patient.   The doctor is called to the home of this family with a sick daughter.   The doctor begins the examination by asking if the girl has a sore throat, and although they tell him no, he wants to check her throat because diphtheria was going around at the school she attended.   At this point, this battle began between the young girl & the doctor.   She did not want him to see her throat.   Both parents tried to get her to open the mouth but to no avail.   The girl gave up a pretty good fight, she would not open her mouth.   Throughout all this, the doctor is trying to stay composed, through his verbal and non-verbal communication. The doctor overpowered the girl at the end and pried her mouth open long enough for him to take a culture. You would think that t...