How does o'connor depict this setting as the car moves through it? in what
ways is the setting similar to or different from the one in steinbeck's passage?

To foreshadow the unfortunate event that would befall the occupants of the car.
There is the description of a town they passed through called "Toomsboro" that also foreshadows death.

What is a Setting?

This refers to the physical location in which an action takes place or the historical significance of a place in a story.

Hence, we can see that from the settings used in the narration of the car drive undertaken by the family as there is the enduring theme throughout the novel that a good man is hard to find.

How does o'connor depict this setting as the car moves through it? in what ways is the setting similar to or different from the one in steinbeck's passage?

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What is a Setting?

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How does o'connor depict this setting as the car moves through it? in what
ways is the setting similar to or different from the one in steinbeck's passage?