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Spiritual warfare, between the uncle and the school teacher, the uncle and society, or the boy and himself is a prevalent character struggle thought the story so far. O'Connor uses this to show inner struggle. weather it is the Prophets drinking, or Tarwater's betrayal of his great uncle's wishes. There is a very different sense of what is right and wrong and it varies from character to character. The whole situation with burying the grandfather and Tarwater's seemingly possessed "stranger" with the other voice is very counter intuitive, and when he goes with the teacher seems so far from reality but then again it also seems logical. At the same time Tarwater's adult attitude is almost creepy, but with his upbringing you understand it as well. I still have no idea where this story is going and what I am going to take out of it, but O'Connor does use beautiful imagery, and very evocative scenes.