Foreshadowing in A Good Man Is Hard To Find Mike Rinaldi In Flannery O’Connor’s short story A Good Man Is Hard To Find, one is shocked and appalled by the totally unexpected grotesque ending. However, if one reads the story for a second time, one will see the signs of foreshadowing the ending throughout the text. The foreshadowing is quite apparent, but it can only be clearly seen the second time the story …showed first 75 words of 1090 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1090 total…the grandmother’s dress, the graveyard, and the conversation with the “Misfit” to further feed our curiosity. Her foreshadowing images are both strong and obscure, so as not to spoil the surprising ending of the story, and can only be seen though the eyes of the second-time reader. She uses this technique as to provide a realistic aura through the short story, to capture the reader’s imagination and to put them into the story.