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 thereader 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 navyblue 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 .
hints of the family's impending doom. After driving down the road a while, the family .
