Parker's Back

Flannery O' Conner keeps a steady pace that inclines the suspense of his story over time. He starts the story off with the present moment and why the main character is unhappy and then it floats into his past and gives back story as to why he got his tattoos. The sentence structures are very vague and just for what the characters feel, and by not creating an exact emotion and leaving it vague, it leave the feeling open to the reader, allowing them to be more emotionally involved.
"Hungry people made Parker nervous. He has always had plenty to eat himself. He grew very uncomfortable. " There is no description leaving the how uncomfortable he felt open to the readers interpretation, the visual is here left open to be created by the reader, perhaps creating their own feelings of how they would feel uncomfortable in a situation, unconsciously placing themselves in Parker's place.
Matched with the description of the setting, which is also open to the readers interpretation with the characters seemed emotions creates almost a conversational tone between the character and the reader in order to unconsciously compare themselves to the main character, allowing the reader to either pity or love Parker and his life.