YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Theology and the Works of Flannery OConnor
Essays 391 - 398
The widow character in Greenleaf is the Christian icon of the story, while the questionable neighbors represent all that is pernic...
son and shoots her repeatedly. Mama is the important character in the story, though the Misfit certainly plays a strong secondary...
of the Old South, which is where she bases her identity. She sees the antebellum era and everything about the Southern values in t...
that respect for a lady takes precedence over legality, common sense and ethical values. It is the sheer weight of her social stat...
own enlightenment. Joy/Hulga has actively chosen to be pessimistic about life and about people. She is bitter and angry, which ...
Sebastian for the arrows to begin piercing him" (OConnor). We see the hat that she is so proud of an he, in his impatience, "Put i...
like herself. From their initial conversation in the garden, Beatrice reassures him that she is sincere by stating that "Forget wh...
connection to the past somehow. The young men do not possess a strong link with their past and this causes them problems. They do ...