mother convinces them to go to Tennessee because she supposedly has connections there. As the family travels they stop at a small restaurant. Then the grandmother tells a couple of stories and the children convince the dad to take a different route than they had planed. The next thing they know, tragedy strikes and the event of the story take a turn for the worse. Although both of these stories begin by portraying somewhat normal characters in common situations, the plots of the stories travel down a downward path of misfortune.
             Another similarity between the two stories is that they both have men who commit the brutal attacks on the victims. The men in both these stories appear to have similar characteristics
             which resemble one another. Both men commit the murders on innocent people for no apparent reason. In the story by O'Connor the Misfit ironically crosses paths with the family. He gives no reason as to why he must kill this innocent family. The reader assumes that the Misfit is psychotic or just does not want the family to turn him in to the police and that could be a possible reason why he murders the family. In Oates' story Connie first comes into indirect contact with Arnold Friend when she is at the restaurant. He shows up at her house the very next day and talks to her and tries to lure her. He tries to convincer her to go for a ride with him which Connie is skeptical about the idea. He preys on an innocent teenager knowing that he can easily manipulate her into doing what he wants and eventually killing her.
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