He believes that his standards come before everyone else, including his family. He also believes he is in some sense more superior since he is older, and thinks he is the head of the family. He also considers himself superior to most people, even his family. Even the grandmother, who comes from the South, sees the race for what it is. The story itself was written around the 1950s, so readers can assume that much of his upbringing consists of seeing the rights of African Americans as not equal to those of whites. Calling black people their derogatory names and thinking you are above their standards. But Grandma is also about family and religion. His belief when talking to Red Sammy, a gas station and restaurant owner where the family stops to have dinner before hitting the road, is that coming from a good family with the right upbringing will make you have a better life. Even grandma is needy sometimes. He doesn't give orders or complain too much, except at the beginning of the story, when he hears that vacations in Florida are unsafe because of an escaped convict, called the Misfit. The fact that the grandmother is self-centered and arrogant is evidence of her demands she makes of her son while they are driving in Georgia to their