A journey is considered to be a period of travel from one place to another The embarkment of a literary journey can consume most of the work starting from the beginning and usually ending when the work becomes resolute Flannery OConnor uses journeys in many of her works these journeys correlate with the symbols used to portray what the character s faces through his or her expedition In The Violent Bear It Away Flannery OConnor writes of how Francis Marion Tarwater experiences a spiritual religi