ory. Their souls are "gone with the wind" as well upon death.It is almost comical how OConnor sets her readers up for the ending of the story. For example, the name of the town where the Misfit kills them is "Toombsboro." Another quite interesting imagery is when the grandmother asks the Misfit, "What did you do to get sent to the penitentiary that first time?" (130). His answer further foreshadows the death of the family. He says, "Turn to the right, it was a wall, looking up again at the cloudless sky. Turn to the left, it was a wall. Look up it was a ceiling, look down it was a floor." This description, although used for a jail cell, it could also apply to a tight grave. Wherever a soul looks, they will see a wall, indicating where the family will be once the Misfit is finished with them.Another foreshadowing image is shown in the Misfit and the grandmothers conversation towards the end. He says "Does it seem right to you, lady, that one is punished a heap and another aint punished at all?" As readers, we can see that the Misfit will kill the grandmother. After all she "aint punished" for her crimes of hypocrisy, self-centeredness, and lying. As shown later on in the essay, the Misfit plays God and inflicts punishment where he deems necessary.The grandmother iterates in her conversation with the Misfit the importance of prayer. Her emphasis on the importance of prayer symbolizes her realization of death. It is a common Christian practice for a priest to spend the last hours of a dying persons life with them. The Misfit in representing the angered priest, or even Jesus"It was the same case with Him [Jesus] as with me except He hadnt committed any crime and they could prove I had committed one he plays judge, jury and executioner to the grandmother. A Good Man I hard To Find, is consistent with OConnors view that contemporary society was drastically changing for the worse. OConnors obvious displeasure with society at the time has ofte...
