This story was very well written in its intent to express the somber aspects of the human nature. none of the characters in it are characters that people want to read about to experience enjoyment. They all have traits that make them unappealing, but at the same time, make them human.
The bikers are the cliche bad guys. They are thugs and bullies and have no respect or decency. They chase down the two women, destroy there car and threaten to hurt them, but they are human and there are real peoplee who behave as these two do.
The girl is a typical teeanger. Young, anxious, rebellious and mad at the world. She hates being controlled and doesn't respect authority, but at the end of the story, after her encounter with the bikers, she has an epiphany and gains a better view on the world. She has a better understanding of how the world works and she has a new bound respect for her grandmother and herself.
The grandma has been hurt. It is never directly explained how she got hurt but she's been hurt emotionally and we can all relate to that. She could never bring herself to fully love or understand her daughter, so her daughter grew up rebellious and died an early death. Now the grandma is in charge of her grandaughter, but because that miscontent with her own daughter still lingers, she cannot come to love or understand her grandaughter either, leading to her grandaughter also growing up rebellious and feeling like she doesn't belong. It is a sad turn of events, but it happens and it is always sad, and hopefully after going through this terrible incident, the grandma and her grandaughter learn to accept and understand one another so that they can have a happy and healthy relationship.
I did not enjoy this story because it was so somber and unhappy, but I enjoyed it on a deeper level because everything in it was relatable and gave me a peek into an aspect of humanity that we all try to hide away.
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