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A 10 page essay that examines four short stories by Flannery O'Connor: A Good Man is Hard to Find; Good Country People; Greenleaf and Revelation. The writer argues that each of these narratives shows how O'Connor was fascinated by the ways in which grace, that is, redemptive understanding of basic flaws, can come to individuals who desperately need it. Sometimes this understanding comes at the last second of life, but, more significantly, O'Connor focuses on the fact that it does come, and this is integral to her theological perspective. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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by the way that the "Souths tragic history (the loss of the Civil War and the stain of slavery), combined with its deep religious and biblical culture and traditions"(Taylor
52). An educated Catholic living amongst throngs of Protestants, OConnor had a discerning eye when it came to spotting self-righteousness, no matter what its guise. By examining several of her
short stories, it can be seen that OConnor was fascinated by the ways in which grace, that is, redemptive understanding of basic flaws, can come to individuals who desperately need
it. Sometimes this understanding comes at the last second of life, but, more significantly, OConnor focuses on the fact that it does come, and this is integral to her theological
perspective. Within OConnors Southern landscapes one finds a world populated by "freaks, misfits, shrewd con artists, murderers and sometimes just plain ordinary country people" (Oliver 233). However, all of
her protagonists are flawed in some fundamental way. Typically, the people with the greatest flaws are those who are identified by some physical impairment, with these impairments symbolizing some paralleling
handicap of the intellect or soul (Oliver 233). In OConnors fiction, the blind cannot see the most obvious truth and physically crippled are emotionally crippled as well (Oliver 233). This
is true of the character Joy/Hulga in "Good Country People." Joy/Hulga has a heart condition, which prevents her from living the life she desires. Instead of teaching philosophy at
a university, she lives with her mother and can only read philosophy. Her weak heart symbolizes her inability to relate to others. Joy/Hulga did not like "dogs or cats or
birds or flowers or nature or nice young men" (Good Country 276). While her mother genuinely seems to love her, Joy/Hulga returns this affection with exasperation and open aversion.
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