"A Good Man is Hard to Find"

Well, I really don't know how I should approach this posting. First of all, like the others in our class who have posted, I did not enjoy this story. I'm all for reading creepy and even morbid stories, as long as they touch or affect me in some way. This story only made me feel sick. I'm not sure what the author is trying to prove or convey, so I'll just post my reactions and see what happens in class today. Maybe it will all be explained...?
First of all, the grandmother annoyed me. When she first entered the story, I liked her a lot. She represented everything good and polite about how society "used" to be in her younger days. I hated the children and their blatant disrespect for adults and each other, so I liked it that the grandmother scolded them. Bailey seemed to have no personality, which is aggravating, and his wife was dull as well. Even the baby is said to have only smiled once. This entire family annoyed me, so I guess I tried telling myself that the grandmother was the redeeming character of the bunch.
I soon became angry at her as well, however, when the trip to Florida becomes all about her and her dream of seeing that plantation once more. The fact that she misremembers its location seems typical. And instead of scolding the children for throwing temper tantrums in the car, she encourages Bailey to succumb to their will and take them to the plantation.
Now we come to the car accident. It is the grandma's cat that causes it, meaning that if she hadn't brought the cat as a stow-away, they would have continued on their "merry" way to Florida. After the accident, why does no one blame the grandmother? It just seems to be the logical thing for this family to have done.
When the grandma is so stupid as to reveal to The Misfit that she knows him, I almost yelled at her via the book. In a way, she indirectly causes her family to be murdered, but she never acknowledges that she knows they are dying in the woods or that she cares for anyone but herself.
Some things I noticed: Does the mother really think she is going to join her husband alive in the woods? How can anyone coldly kill a couple and their children, a grandmother, and a baby? What does The Misfit mean in his final words after killing the grandma?
I guess I'm very confused and disturbed by this story, but I don't anticipate that the "reveal" in class will perk me up any. The family members are annoying and rude, their treatment of each other is shameful, the way they are killed is horrifying, and The Misfit still confuses me as a character in general. Not my favorite story.