The exposition consumes the beginning of the story. This is important because it gives the reader a better understanding of the characters, and sets tones for causality. Being introduced first is Julian's mother. Her attitude and actions are best described on page 207. It states, " She sat forward and looked up and down the bus. It was half filled. Everybody was white. 'I see we have the bus to ourselves." This allows the reader to assume that Julian's mother is prejudice, and was most likely raised in that time era. A good example O'Conner uses to explain Julian is found on page 208. It states, "Most miraculous of all, instead of being blinded by love for her as she was for him, he had cut himself emotionally free of her and could see her with complete objectivity. He was not dominated by his mother." It is safe to assume Julian is a depressed son, who is perturbed with his mother and her old ways of life.

Complications begin to arise after the reader has a good feel

Here it is evident that Julian's mother is dying. The resolution is now final, and Julian is felt feeling guilty at the end of the story. O'Conner ends the story with a strong sentence, "The tide of darkness seemed to sweep him back to her, postponing from moment to moment his entry into the world of guilt and sorrow." O'Conner leaves the reader understanding the main point to the story, and reveals the biggest irony of the whole story.

It can be assumed that Flannery O'Conner had an important message that he wanted his readers to pick up on. O'Conner used a mother/son relationship so that readers could relate to the story better. But the main point that is intended is simply; don't judge others until you have judged yourself.

on who the characters are, which then leads to the climax of the story. Tension first arrives between Julian and his mother when Julian moves from sitting next to his mother, to a Negro man on the bus. O'Conner uses a good example on page 208, " He stared at her, making his eyes the eyes of a stranger. He felt his tension suddenly lift as if he had openly declared war on her." The reader feels the anger building in Julian's mother beginning on page 209. It reads, "Her eyes retained their battered look. Her face seemed to be unnaturall

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