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Summary of the story ' A good man' by Rabindra nath tagore

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The story opens on the Grandmother, whose family is about to take a trip to Florida. Unlike the rest of her family, however, the Grandmother would rather go to Tennessee. She shows a newspaper article to her son Bailey, whose house she lives in. The article tells of an escaped convict known as the Misfit, who has escaped federal prison and is believed to be headed toward Florida. The Grandmother says that she would never take her children near such a dangerous criminal, and that she “couldn’t answer to [her] conscience if [she] did.”

Bailey ignores the Grandmother, so she then turns to Bailey’s wife, an innocent-looking woman holding a baby. The Grandmother insists that the children—her own grandchildren—have already been to Florida, and that going to East Tennessee would be a more broadening experience for them. Bailey’s wife seems not to hear, but her eight-year-old son, John Wesley, who is described as “a stocky child with glasses,” asks the Grandmother why doesn’t she just stay by herself if she doesn’t want to go to Florida. John Wesley and his sister June Star lie on the floor reading the funny papers.

June Star says that the Grandmother “wouldn’t stay at home to be queen for a day.” The Grandmother asks her grandchildren what they would do if the Misfit caught them. John Wesley says he would “smack his face.” June Star repeats that the Grandmother would never stay home, out of fear that she’d miss something exciting. The Grandmother suggests that June Star remember that the next time she asks her grandmother to curl her hair.

The next morning, the Grandmother is packed and ready to leave, sitting in the car before anyone else. She has a valise and is hiding a basket with their cat, Pitty Sing, in it. Against her son Bailey’s wishes, the Grandmother has brought the cat out of fear that it would miss her too much or accidentally kill itself

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