english: At first, we may be suspicious  of Shiftlet’s motives when he offers to help around the house, but O’Connor soon reveals  the old woman to be just as scheming as her unexpected guest– and rattles the reader’s presumptions  about who has the upper hand.
non_english: U početku, možda smo sumnjičavi zbog Šiftletovih motiva kada se ponudi da im pomaže oko kuće, ali O'Konor uskoro razotkriva da je starica jednako prepredena kao i njen neočekivani gost, i izvrće čitaočeve pretpostavke o tome ko ima premoć.