The story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” has a very cynical feel to it. There are many events in the story that are gruesome and seem to have a dark end. Many of the characters in the story think for themselves and there are consequences for their choices throughout the story. Some of these choices are small and don't have much of an effect on the family in the story, but some choices made by characters are life changing. One of the selfish acting people in the story of Bailey. He is the father and is always dragging the mood down. When the children wanted to stop by a house on their journey, he told them no with a “jaw as rigid as a horseshoe”. Bailey’s decisions do not really affect the family in a major way, but he does cause a lot of stress
