The Red-Headed Margaret Cadaver: Summary

1). The reasons Gramps and Sal’s father gave Sal for going on the trip is that Sal is good with maps and can help them (Gram and Gramps) find their way, Sal can see parts of the country, and she can also get her grandparents to behave properly if she comes along with them on the trip. Although, Sal knows that these aren’t the actual reasons why Gramps and her father decided for her to go on the trip. As stated by Sal herself in chapter 1, “The real reasons were buried beneath piles and piles of unsaid things. Some of the real reasons were: 1. Gram and Gramps wanted to see Momma, who was resting peacefully in Lewiston, Idaho. 2. Gram and Gramps knew that I wanted to see Momma, but that I was afraid to. 3. Dad wanted to be alone with the red-headed Margaret Cadaver.

He had already seen Momma, and he had not taken me.” The real reasons might’ve been left unspoken perhaps because something serious happened to Sal’s mother and they didn’t want Sal to worry about it too