Anticipation and surprise can make any story impressive, frustrating, or mind numbing. In A Good Man is Hard to Find readers tend to have a ray of hope for the characters to stay alive. The viewer is constantly awaiting the end wondering if they will make it out alive. However if the onlooker was to pick up the hints of foreshadowing that are implicated all throughout the fictional story then that anticipation could be prevented. …showed first 75 words of 885 total…

…showed last 75 words of 885 total…readers the inevitable ending of A Good Man Is Hard To Find. She first gives her readers and suspicion of the ending by mentioning the Misfit's murderous tendencies, furthering her readers curiosity. She then uses numerous images such as 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.