Flannery O’Conner demonstrates the unexpected by using foreshadowing. She uses it by describing grandmother’s attire. “’In case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once that she was a lady’”(118). Also, tragedy is being indirectly presented in the opening of the book (Bleikaster). Clearly, the grandmother predicts her own fate. The grandmother thinks it is important to be a “lady” because she is old-fashioned. Another way Flannery O’Conner uses this technique is by giving hints to the rest of the family’s death. “They passed a large cotton field with five or six graves fenced in the middle of it, like a small island”(119). This uses both foreshadowing and symbolism to give the reader a hint that the graves are for all six of the family members, including the baby. Not only did O’Conner portray foreshadowing of the grandmother and family’s death, but she also describes the conversation between the Misfit and grandmother. Flannery O’Connor usually likes to use conflict to stories, so she uses these two help develop the story’s theme (Burke). First, he is mentioned in the beginning of the story. The grandmother warned the rest of the family that a criminal was on the loose, but they still wanted to go on vacation, which, coincidently, foreshadows their encounter with the Misfit. Likewise, symbolism and foreshadowing is used again. When the family…