Grandma Dowdel isn’t like the kind of grandma you would expect. She is tough, strong and even tricky. She doesn’t succumb to law or any other constraint. On the surface, it seems that grandma isn’t a good example for children. She claims that she doe

Grandma Dowdel isn’t like the kind of grandma you would expect. She is tough, strong and even tricky. She doesn’t succumb to law or any other constraint. On the surface, it seems that grandma isn’t a good example for children. She claims that she doesn’t care about others and she’s an outcast. However, as the story progresses, we know grandma is not as unapproachable as she seems to be. In “A One-Woman Crime Wave”, grandma reveals herself as a caring and compassionate person. Though sometimes what she does looks like blackmail, she is actually an ethic woman who just does things and shows her love in her own way. She doesn’t like other Americans, especially in the small town, who are caught by tradition and rules. Some people may look like a conventionalist but does something lawless like the sheriff in the story. Grandma Dowdel, on the contrary, looks like a nonconformist but all she does only reaches one thing, to benefit her grandchildren and the town. From grandma Dowdel, I see ethics, justice and love. I learned that actions speak louder than words; you don’t have to tell everyone how nice you are because your actions will tell everything. And since grandma is so unique, I learned again not to judge a person by his/her appearance.