Question

Why does O'Connor choose to have the family stop at the filling station and meet Red Sammy?

A. so the reader learns about old filling stations
B. to provide further detail about Red Sammy
C. she wants to give more detail about racism in the Old South
D. to foreshadow the family's encounter with The Misfit

Answer 1

to foreshadow the family's encounter with The Misfit

Answer 2

O'Connor chooses to have the family stop at the filling station and meet Red Sammy B. to provide further detail about Red Sammy. This event is taken from a short story titled "A Good Man is Hard to Find" written by Flannery O'Connor in 1953. This short story focus on each of the character's behavior through the story.