A Good Man Is Hard To Find And Gorilla, My Love: Family And Traditions

Part I of Essay
Both of the short stories “A Good Man Is Hard To Find” and “Gorilla, My Love” deal with the American family and its traditions and beliefs. In terms of reality, the plot of the short story “Gorilla, My Love” was closer to reality than that of “A Good Man Is Hard To Find. ....

Part II of Essay
.... stand. This fire caused the theatre to be closed for a week. Hazel figures she was even with the manger now. Hazel’s father found out that it she who set the fire. She had to explain. Her explanation was as simple as the beliefs of a child. Hazel states that “if you say Gorilla, My Love, you suppose to mean it.” She expected to see a gorilla in the movie. She relays her reasoning to her father with examples of sticking to your word. If father says he is going to do something, the kids expect that he would do it. This to say that in ....