Matthew, For question one, I was quite surprised that the story did not shock you with its ending. The beginning of the story simply seemed to tell a story of a road trip a family took. I had no idea that The Misfit would come along and end up killing the entire family. However, once The Misfit came along, I was definitely weary of the story would end. When he showed up and began talking with the grandmother it was evident he was emotionally distraught. I think that they ended up talking for so long in order to have more of a plot line. As they were talking the audience learns more and more about The Misfit and his past life. Specifically, as you mentioned when the grandmother leans into to touch him he does not want any part of this and immediately