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A 5 page paper which examines the women who are central figures in each story, considers their similarities and differences, and also discusses the significance of point of view and setting in these stories. No additional sources are used.
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yet deplored the racism which often characterized the history of the South. She was a devout Catholic who deplored the hypocrisy often associated with so-called "good Christians." OConnor
was, herself, symbolic of an America in transition - moving away from the old-world conservative traditions and toward a new age of social liberalism that would be, hopefully, more enlightened
and less judgmental. OConnors short stories considered the problems that were plaguing her beloved South during the 1950s and 60s, such as social and racial prejudice, as well as
the role religious fundamentalism played in shaping bigoted attitudes. Three of OConnors most profound and controversial stories, "Everything That Rises Must Converge," "Revelation" and "A Good Man is Hard to
Find," feature strong, older Southern females as central figures. In each story, these Caucasian women consider themselves morally superior because of their ethnicity, their impressive plantation roots, and because
of their so-called knowledge of the world as it should be, with people categorized according to skin color or economic status. In this God-fearing world, everyone knows their place,
and never steps beyond the boundaries, which were, carefully constructed by God. Naturally, each of these women revered tradition and reviled anything that deviated from what they believed to
be the natural order of things, with themselves and those like them, of course, were divinely placed atop this orderly universe, gazing down at the poor unfortunate souls who had
not been similarly blessed. Also, in each of these stories, there is a climactic episode in which these women have a moment of insight or revelation that either may
or may not change their perceptions. In these tales, OConnor not only allows these women to speak for themselves, in the revealing colloquial dialogue which has become her trademark,
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