Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Analysis of O’Connor’s “Everything that Rises Must Converge”. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 4 page paper
which analyzes Flannery O’Connor’s short story “Everything that Rises Must Converge.”
No additional sources cited.
Page Count:
4 pages (~225 words per page)
File: JR7_RAflancv.rtf
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
with his mother. In this story we have a college graduate who seems to be living with his mother while he makes a decision about his life. He looks down
upon his mother and sees her as something of an idiot through the lens of his education. His perspectives, however, are altered when she suffers a stroke and he perhaps
imagines a life without her. As we can see, this is a fairly simple tale, or so it seems. All of OConnors short stories possess symbolic meanings and as such
this story is no exception. This story, while perhaps likely argued from many positions, is a story that speaks of the old and the new, the Old South and the
New South primarily. The following paper analyzes the characters and the story itself as it involves this particular symbolic theme. Everything that Rises Must Converge We see Julian,
the son, as an individual who is surely in possession of superior notions towards his mother. In the beginning as he waits for her to get ready so he can
escort her on the bus, we see him standing in a position that speaks of martyrdom: "he, his hands behind him, appeared pinned to the door frame, waiting like Saint
Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put it on and lets go,"
while he envisions: "It was a hideous hat....He decided it was less comical than jaunty and pathetic. Everything that gave her pleasure was small and depressed him" (OConnor). These
simple lines clearly present us with a young man who feels superior to his mother. He feels that her tastes, her perceptions of the world, are far too simple and
...