I was immediately struck by how they seemed so alike that they could have been best friends. The grandmother in "A Good Man is Hard to Find" talks non-stop, unaware of the annoyance she causes others and concerned with what she wants to the exclusion of everyone else's feelings and needs. Mrs. Turpin is outwardly kind to everyone but inwardly critical, because she too is concerned with her own needs and makes constant comparisons between herself, whom she holds in high esteem, and others around her, most of whom she finds fault with as "white-trash" mother. Both women are Christian and both suffer violence from