A Bunch of Misfits (A Good Man is Hard to Find)

Questions:

Level 1: Where was the family ultimately headed on their vacation?

Level 2: Why does the family act so coldly to the grandmother?

Level 3: What is more important, living with ties to the past or being aware of changes in society? 

The general theme of "A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a look at the general corruption of mankind as it has progressed from generation to generation.

-Note- The following commentary may offend some.  You've been warned.

I cannot state my opinion of this story lightly, or without moderate swearing.  This story pisses me off.  From the grandmother's unhindered use of racial slurs to the anticlimactic ending that was fostered by the grandmother's lack of coherent memories and her insistence of bringing her damn cat, this story was a giant middle finger to me as a reader.  Ok, so I guess that really what chaps my ass more than anything else is the grandmother and her inability to put a filter on what she says (ironic that I would put that particular line in this post, i know) and reacts.  The grandmother seems to be the type that does not shut up despite the obvious fact that the family has grown tired of her presence (that they want her to move to FL, not dead).  She also has the old-fashioned tendency to refer to African Americans as "niggers," which in my personal opinion is only half-understandable.  Times change, and people need to keep up with the curve.