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4 pages in length. The writer discusses theme as it applies to Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People," "Judgement Day" and "Everything that Rises Must Converge." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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as the friction between the upper and lower classes -- more specifically, the blacks and the whites. She forces us to view and view again our racial tendencies and
makes us take responsibility for how our narrow-minded ways create a ripple effect that causes lifes unnecessary conflict. "I suspect that most of you have been telling stories all
your lives..."(OConnor #2 PG) is the assumption that OConnor makes in her lecture entitled Writing Short Stories. For it is difficult for OConnor to fathom that people perceive writing
fiction as a chore, as one of the "most difficult literary forms" (OConnor #2 PG), when it is something she achieves as though it were of no effort whatsoever.
"When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax a little and use more normal means of talking to it; when you have
to assume that it does not, then you have to make your vision apparent by shock-to the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost-blind you draw large and
startling figures" (Fitzgerald et al 34). The common thematic denominator between and among three of her most famous stories - Good Country
People, Judgment Day and Everything that Rises Must Converge - is the spiritual side of life, the side that brings together people from various races, religions and backgrounds. At
the forefront are emotions concerning death and dying, loneliness, family relationships, disease and health, parenthood, rebellion, aging, acculturation and the African-American experience. "...People without hope do not write novels"
(Dodson 96). Theme is perhaps one of OConnors most critical strengths representing a common thread throughout her writing. Set in the neutral
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