Tennessee to visit relatives instead of Florida .
for vacationing represents but her first .
alteration. Her suggestions come supported .
however, as she adds, "Here this fellow calls .
himself the Misfit is a loose from the Federal .
Pen and headed toward Florida." giving the .
reader the first clue the family will meet their .
doom before the end of the story .
(Baumgaerther 94). Overlooking the .
grandmother's warning, the family decides to .
pursue their trip as planned. When the day .
arrives for the family to depart on their road .
trip, instead of arguing, the grandmother .
climbs in the car before anyone else, just as .
June Star predicts. "She wouldn't stay at .
home for a million bucks," June Star said. .
"Afraid she"d miss something. She has to go .
everywhere we go." (O"Connor 392). She .
dresses in a manner so that if anyone finds .
her dead on the highway, they shall .
characterize her as a lady. She wore a navy .
blue sailor hat with white violets on the brim, .
to match her navy blue dress covered with tiny .
white polka-dots. Her white organdy, lacy .
collars and cuffs completed the outfit. .
O"Connor added this information in order to .
represent the grandmother preparing for .
death (Driskell 69). According to Orvell, .
"The graciousness of the grandmother is .
humorously described, but should be taken .
quite seriously. The description O"Connor .
gives of the grandmother's outfit with her .
collar and cuffs, and lace and violet gives her .
a "southern geniality" that is indeed "dressed .
to kill"" (Orvell 131). .
But although she agrees to follow through with .
the excursion, she refuses to go with out her .
cat Pitty Sing. Afraid that the cat will .
accidentally asphyxiate himself on the gas .
stove if left behind, she secretly stows Pitty .
Sing in her basket. This scenario, .
foreshadowing death, gives the reader an .
insight into the events to come (Baumgaertner .
95-96). .
Foreshadowing continues later on the trip as .
a sequence of events transpires that .