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Through out the story "A Good Man is Hard to Find" By Flannery O'Connor and “The Lottery” By Shirley Jackson, there are several examples of both foreshadowing and symbolism of death, evil and heaven. These messages do not become apparent until the end of the story. In this essay I will show certain symbolism that will show how these two stories relate to one another

Along with many situational ironies, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, also has a lot of symbolism. One example is the author’s description of the way the grandmother is dressed. He states "In the case of an accident, anyone seeing her dead on the highway would know at once she was a lady." This foreshadows the end of the story when she is shot and left dead on the side of the road. While the family is driving they pass an old family burial ground, in that O’Connor mentions six graves, foreshadowing the death is exemplified her due to the fact that there are six family members in their car.

Through out the story, symbolism is a continuous catalyst. After the family wrecks their car, the misfits appear on the scene and the car they are driving is described as being a “big, black hears

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Some common words found in the essay are:
Shirley Jackson, Hard Lottery, black box, Lottery Darkness, throughout story, box positive idea, hard lottery, color black, color box, reason box, box symbol, box positive, sky grandmother, box black,
Approximate Word count = 923
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)