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A 5 page essay covering various topics and issues in O'Connor's 'Wise Blood.' The writer discusses Hazel's 'religious' beliefs, personal background, etc.; Also explored are Enoch Emory's 'wise blood,' the characters of Sabbath Hawks, Hoover Shoat, etc; No other sources cited.
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and has much in common with the "medicine men" of his own day. Hazel will sell someone a dream with sincerity and then grunt menacingly behind their backs-- knowing
how he ripped them off. Although certainly not entirely wholesome or traditional, his religious beliefs seem inherently more genuine than do the others. To some
extent, he is a god-fearing man who recognizes sin and declines from taking part in it. Hoover is somewhat of a relief in this story; I believe that stand
sin contrast with the other characters quite a bit. The background of Hawks is that of a broken family. He was named Sabbath Lily Hawks
simply because he was born on the Sabbath. As he tells it, his mother keeled over and died immediately after his birth. The story of his father is
one that can be told from several perspectives; From one angle, Hawks himself believes that his father and mother were unmarried and that he was a bastard- condemned to live
and die a life as such. But in actuality, Hazel explains to him that Hawks father (Asa) had actually blinded himself when his son was very young.
The storys denouement and climax occur when Hazel comes to terms with himself and finally gets what he deserved. Hazel Motes died essentially as a bum on
a street. Realistically and materially, he left nothing behind. His story clearly exemplified a sad man who lived a sad life and died a sad death. For
Enoch Emory, however, climax is in his own realization of events and his "transformation." Throughout the story, his own human confusion led up to this finale-- the paramount point
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