Granddaddy Character Analysis

Hazel’s grandfather. He calls her “Scout” while he’s driving to remind her that she is supposed to help him with directions. He means well but is out of touch; in Hazel’s fantasy about what her family would do if Big Brood was on the cross like Jesus, Granddaddy tells everyone to “leave the boy alone, if that’s what he wants to do with his life we ain’t got nothing to say about it,” but Aunt Daisy calls him a “damn fool old man.” Hazel also recalls a real scenario when one of her relatives came home from the army missing a leg. Granddaddy’s response was “that’s life,” which infuriated all her other family members (presumably because of Granddaddy’s insensitivity). He becomes agitated at the end of the story when Hazel abandons her navigating duties because she is upset with Hunca Bubba. He tries to soothe her by calling her “Precious” and explaining that Hunca Bubba was a different person when he promised to marry her, but this only makes Hazel feel condescended and lied to.