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This 5 page paper discusses the similarities and differences between Flannery O'Connor and Ernest Hemingway. Examples given from Hills Like White Elephants, and Good Country People. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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OConnor and Ernest Hemingway. From an analysis of OConnors, Good Country People, and Hemingways short story, Hills Like White Elephants, one can tell a great deal about their worldviews, their
personal philosophies and their conclusions on the human condition. Having read that statement, one could quite easily jump to the conclusion that Ms. OConnor was at the least an atheist,
and at the most a rough, crude, writer of cruel human situations. It can be said that OConnors works are like drinking a latte: Youre not sure if you like
the taste or not, but you do like the effect it has on your soul. OConnor, a Georgia native, states that she tries to portray in each story
"an action that is totally unexpected, yet totally believable"(Mystery and Manners 1994). She likes to create wonderfully three dimensioned individuals, then place them in situations that are likened to trial
by fire. What elemental part of the character is left as a result of the hardship shows, in essence reveals the inner self of the character. The violence that is
depicted in her novels is not the gratuitous variety that seems to pervade many of the contemporary novels of today. Rather, they are a means to an end. Those end,
of course being to illustrate Christian mysteries of faith. In other words, through the everyday, mundane workings in her characters lives, she is able to bring about a study of
the extraordinary, and the spiritual nature of mankind. Further, it seems clear enough that those characters whom OConnor punishes most severely are those who receive the gift of divine grace.
She also tends to wield satire like a weapon where the hypocritical are concerned. In "Good Country People" she is both humorous as well as scathingly bitter toward those who
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