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Flannery
O'Connor / Life & Works
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In 5 pages, the writer discusses Flannery O'Connor's
life, her style, and her place in the literary
world. Flannery O'Connor was born Mary Flannery
O'Connor. O'Connor wrote a collection of short
stories, 'A Good Man Is Hard to Find'. Her novels
were 'Wise Blood' and 'The Violent Bear It Away'.
Posthumously published were 'Mystery and Manners', a
collection of essays and lectures, and 'Flannery
O'Connor: The Complete Stories'. The latter included
her most famous story, 'Everything That Rises Must
Converge', which was awarded the National Book Award
for fiction. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Flanne2.wps
Flannery
O'Connor /Theme And Symbolism
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5 pages in length. 'I suspect that most of you have
been telling stories all your lives ' is the
assumption Flannery O'Connor makes in her lecture
entitled Writing Short Stories. For it is difficult
for O'Connor to fathom that people perceive writing
fiction as a chore, when it is something she
achieves as though it were of no effort whatsoever.
Her main points to writing good fiction involve the
use of symbolism and theme, which the writer
compares and contrasts between two of O'Connor's
works: Good Country People and Everything that Rises
Must Converge. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Flannery3.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Good Country People'/ Anti-Humanism
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A 4 page paper examining Flannery O'Connor's 'Good
Country People' from a theological standpoint. The
paper asserts that to attempt to analyze O'Connor's
fiction from a humanistic standpoint is to miss its
entire point - that the pivotal moments in our lives
occur with an experience of a breakthrough to
Christian consciousness. Bibliography lists 3
sources.
Filename: Goodcoun.wps
Compare/Contrast
Style And Tone In William Faulkner's 'Barn Burning'
And Flannery O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find'
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5 pages in length. There are both similarities and
variations in the way that William Faulkner and
Flannery O'Connor address the literary concepts of
style and tone in 'Barn Burning' and 'A Good Man is
Hard To Find.' Indeed, both writers possess a
significant ability to weave a web of intrigue and
compassion by utilizing style and tone, particularly
with regard to emphasizing the necessity of
conflict. Faulkner and O'Connor are two authors
whose works thrive on the discord that is inherent
to humanity; in fact, their very existence as
literary giants comes from the fact that they are
both so well-equipped to tap into the sometimes grim
yet always entertaining aspects of the human
condition. The writer discusses style and tone in
relation to the two stories. No additional sources
cited.
Filename: TLCbarn.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge'/
Catholic Theology
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A 5 page paper examining this well-known story by
Flannery O'Connor from a theological standpoint. The
paper shows how it is unprofitable to analyze
O'Connor's story humanistically, because it in fact
is an affirmation of the Christian doctrine of
grace. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Stairs
As Symbols in the Work Of Flannery O'Connor
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In any consideration of the writings of Flannery
O'Connor, her faith and upbringing has an impact.
This 10 page paper explores the idea that Ms.
O'Connor, in her first published short story, The
Geranium; Everything That Rises Must Converge and
one of the very last written during her all too
short life: Judgment Day, utilizes the imagery and
symbolism of stairs. No additional sources are
listed.
Filename: KTstairs.wps
Flannery
O'Connor/Comparing 3 Short Stories
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A 7 page research paper that examines three of
Flannery O'Connor's short stories--"A Good Man
Is Hard to Find," "Everything That Rises
Must Converge," and "Good Country
People." The writer argues that the underlying
message for much of O'Connor's fiction is that while
one may endeavor to avoid self-examination and the
"deeper questions" of life, these issues
are unavoidable and will inevitably have to be
faced. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Flannery
O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find' / Evil And
Christianity
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5 pages in length. On the surface, Flannery O'Connor's A
Good Man is Hard to Find appears innocent enough in its
content. But as the reader becomes more and more involved in
the underpinnings that embody the story, it is quite clear
there is a distinctive flavor of evil versus Christianity.
In fact, it has been argued that the extent to which
O'Connor utilizes the central theme of Christianity is a
subtle plot to convert her readers, whom she envisioned as
nonbelievers. By demonstrating to her audience all the good
that comes from faith, along with all the bad that merely
begets more evil, it was her intention to enlighten her
readership down the right path. The writer analyzes the
concepts of good and evil as they relate to the story. No
other sources used.
Filename: Hardfind.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's View of Religion, As Revealed in the Short Story,
"A Good Man is Hard to Find"
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A 7 page paper which analyzes how Flannery O'Connor's view
of religion is revealed in her 1955 short story, "A
Good Man is Hard to Find." Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: TGfogood.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's Use of Allegory in Her Short Story, "A Good
Man is Hard to Find"
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A 5 page paper which examines how Flannery O'Connor made use
of allegory to convey her message in her 1955 short story,
"A Good Man is Hard to Find." Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: TGhardto.wps
Symbolism
In Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man Is Hard To
Find"
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7 pages in length. The writer discusses symbolism in one of
Flannery O'Connor's most famous works. Bibliography lists 7
sources.
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Flannery
O'Connor's 'Good Country People'
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A 5 page critical essay which examines Flannery O'Connor's
1955 short story, 'Good Country People' and how it reflects
the techniques and themes of the modern literary period.
Specifically considered are how the story deals with the
major subjects of nature, religion, individualism vs. social
responsibility, love, realism and the grotesque aspects of
human nature. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Goodpeop.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard to Find / Symbolism of The
Trees
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In 5 pages the author discusses why the tress symbolize the
fate of the family in 'A Good Man is Hard to Find' by
Flannery O'Connor. Trees are very symbolic. They have many
meanings depending on how one looks at them and what
connotation is given them. Trees are symbols of both good
and evil, and of life and death. No other sources cited.
Filename: PCfomgts.doc
William
Butler Yeats and Flannery O'Connor / Literary Criticism
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A 5 page paper critiquing a literary criticism article by
Hal Blythe and Charlie Sweet, in which Blythe and Sweet
compare O'Connor's story 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find' with
William Butler Yeats' 'The Second Coming.' The paper
concludes that there is really very little valid basis for
comparison, due to the differing literary outlooks of the
writers themselves. No sources except critical article and
O'Connor's book.
Filename: Flannery.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'A Good Man Is Hard To Find'
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A 4 page paper discussing the contrasts between the Old
South and the New South in Flannery O'Connor's short story,
A Good Man is Hard to Find. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: Goodman.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Greenleaf'/ The May Farm
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A 5 page paper that considers what will happen to the May
family's farm after the death of Mrs. May in Flannery
O'Connor's Greenleaf. This paper reflects upon the role that
family order plays in designing lifestyle and the
problematic elements in interpersonal relationships.
Bibliography lists no additional sources.
Filename: Greenlea.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Revelation' / Active Voice
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This 3 page essay discusses a specific passage from Flannery
O'Connor's Revelation (pp. 414) that illustrates active
voice and uses language to convey meaning and mood. No
additional sources cited.
Filename: Actvoice.wps
Flannery
O'Connor: Theme
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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.
Filename: TLCflann.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Revelation' / Analysis
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A 5 page paper discussing O'Connor's last short story.
Written under the influence of O'Connor's knowledge of the
progress of her terminal disease, 'Revelation' deals even
more with condemnation and redemption than her other works,
even they also are known for the same underlying messages. A
vision of the entrance into Heaven of the throngs of
believers underlines the real, rather than perceived,
shortcomings of the self-righteous and unforgiving main
character. No additional sources cited.
Filename: Revelati.wps
Works
Of Flannery O'Connor / Emotional Intent Through Racism
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8 pages in length. The fictional works of Flannery O'Connor
elicit several levels of emotion within the weave of racism
and prejudice. Two of the author's short stories --
Everything That Rises Must Converge and Judgement Day --
reflect just such a backdrop in their attempts to
demonstrate the absurdity of such narrow-mindedness. The
writer compares and contrasts the two stories with respect
to their representation of racial intolerance.
Filename: Flanno.wps
Flannery
O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
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This 5 page report discusses Flannery O’Connor’s short
story and examines whether or not The Misfit is simply
insane or what has driven him to commit the horrors he does.
He is a despicable character who is still fascinating in
terms causing the reader to wonder how a person actually
develops the attitudes and thinking processes that he
exhibits. Religion also plays a role in his brutality and
works as what condemns one character in the story while
saving another. No secondary sources.
Filename: BWflano.
O'Connor
& Updike / Clash of Worldviews
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A 10 page paper comparing the way Flannery O'Connor and John
Updike develop a clash of worldviews in their short fiction.
Stories analyzed are O'Connor's 'Revelation', and Updike's
'A & P'. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Clasview.wps
Characterization
in O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
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A 5 page paper examining the characterization of the Misfit
and the grandmother in this classic short story by Flannery
O’Connor. The story shows how our comfortable assumptions
regarding the “goodness” or “evil” of these
characters are turned upside down by O’Connor’s emphasis
on nontraditional values. No additional sources.
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Flannery
O'Connor
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A seven page biographical look at this important twentieth
century author. The paper shows how O'Connor turn a
tremendous challenge into triumph through her indomitable
faith. Bibliography lists eight sources.
Filename: KBoconn3.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Revelation' / Union Of Opposites
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A 7 page paper discussing O'Connor's use of simultaneous but
conflicting states of being in her short story, and in her
work as a whole. The paper breaks down some of the difficult
theological concepts in 'Revelation,'and shows how it works
on two levels at the same time. Bibliography lists 6
sources.
Filename: Revel.wps
Religion
In The Works Of Flannery O'Connor
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A 10 page paper showing the religious references in three of
this twentieth-century Southern writer's stories: 'A Good
Man is Hard To Find,' 'Good Country People,' and 'The
River.' The paper argues that the intrinsic violence of much
of O'Connor's work comes from her unusual interpretation of
the working out of God's grace in the world. Bibliography
lists seven sources including book.
Filename: Oconnor.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Wise Blood'
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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.
Filename: Wisebloo.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Greenleaf' / Violent Workings of Grace
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A 5 page paper showing how O'Connor develops her themes of
grace and redemption through the ornery character of Mrs.
May in this short story. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Violwork.wps
Political
Incorrectness In The Works Of Flannery O'Connor
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An 8 page paper looking at three short stories: 'A Good Man
is Hard To Find,' 'Good Country People,' and 'Everything
That Rises Must Converge.' The paper argues that in her
fiction, O'Connor tries to show how craven and worthless and
ugly and stupid we are without the benefit of the grace of
God. She chooses as her victims people about whom our
society feels especially protective -- widows, children, the
disabled -- simply because no one is exempt. Bibliography
lists 6 sources.
Filename: Pflann.wps
Flannery
O’Connor’s “The Artificial Nigger”
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A 9 page overview and summary of key elements O’Connor’s
classic work. The writer is particularly concerned with the
way this novel inverts a racist symbol into an emblem of
antiracist redemption. Bibliography cited 5 sources.
Filename: Oconnart.wps
James,
O'Connor, & Twain/On Evil
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A 5 page analysis of how Mark Twain, Henry James and
Flannery O'Connor have each pictured how individuals have
reacted to early experiences with evil. In so doing each has
shown aspects of society, as implied through laws and social
norms, that rather then promoting the spiritual welfare of
its citizens actually work against the promotion of moral
conduct. In other words, they have each addressed aspects in
society that promote evil. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Aeschylus'
'Oresteia' / Agamemnon vs. O'Connor's Wise Blood
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4 page-long essay comparatively analyzing the differences
between finale for the Chorus in Greek tragedy's 'Agamemnon'
and Hazel Motes in Flannery O'Connor's 'Wise Blood.' No
bibliography.
Filename: Agamemot.wps
Poe
and O'Connor: Gothic to the Max.
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(5 pp) What is in the human condition that prompts us to
enjoy being scared? Ghost stories at Halloween; escaped
criminal stories around the campfire; or creatures rising
from the dead, all serve that part of us that tingles with
frightening tales. Gothic stories, are, that group of
literary works, which do exactly that. Edgar Allan Poe and
Flannery O'Connor are wonderful examples of this genre.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBgthPoR.doc
O'Connor's
Good Country People
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In reading short stories it is sometimes difficult to
remember the reason why they are written. In Good Country
People, by Flannery O'Connor, the development of character
allows the reader to make discoveries about themselves. This
5 page paper argues that the character of Joy, Hulga is dual
dimensional as seen by the change in name. Her true nature
is masked by an intellectual nihilism in defense of feelings
of inadequacy resulting from her physical deformity.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Poe
and O'Connor: Gothic to the Max.
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(5 pp) What is in the human condition that prompts us to
enjoy being scared? Ghost stories at Halloween; escaped
criminal stories around the campfire; or creatures rising
from the dead, all serve that part of us that tingles with
frightening tales. Gothic stories, are, that grou of
literary works, which do exactly that. Edgar Allan Poe and
Flannery O'Connor are wonderful examples of this genre.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: BBgothic.doc
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Flannery
O'Connor's 'A Good Man is Hard To Find' /
Foreshadowing & Theme
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A 14 page paper showing how foreshadowing both
increases suspense as the story unfolds and
underscores the story's theme, makes its ending seem
completely inevitable. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Goodman.doc
Everything
that Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'Connor
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8 pages in length. The short story Everything That
Rises Must Converge focuses on the relationship
between Julian, who is a young man who has recently
graduated from college, and his mother. The two main
characters, Julian and his mother, are such
well-rounded and full bodied characters within the
text of the plot that one can almost focus on
nothing else. The Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAfocon.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge'
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5 pages in length. Set in the symbolic location of a
city bus, 'Everything That Rises Must Converge'
addresses the deep-seated issues of racism between a
mother and her son, Julian. It is during the ride
that Julian learns of his mother's racial
tendencies, yet tries to hide his own by appearing
to be open-minded. Deep in his heart, however, he
knows he is truly his mother's son in more ways than
one. The writer discusses summary, characters,
conflict, point of view and setting as they relate
to the story. No additional sources cited.
Filename: TLCflanO.wps
Flannery
O'Connor's 'Revelation'
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5 pages in length. The writer discusses the point at
which Mrs. Turpin experiences her revelation. No
additional sources cited.
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Religion
vs. Sociology in the Stories of Flannery O'Connor
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A five page paper looking at this seminal
twentieth-century author in terms of the various
ways her work can be analyzed and interpreted. The
paper concludes that she can be productively viewed
from both the standpoints of Catholic spirituality
and sociological change. Bibliography lists four
sources.
Filename: KBoconn2.wps
The
Symbolism of the Bull in Flannery O'Connor's "Greenleaf"
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A 5 page paper which considers the many symbols
represented by the bull in the 1957 short story.
Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TGgrenlf.wps
Faulkner/O'Connor
Comparison
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A 3 page essay that compares William Faulkner's
short story "A Rose for Emily, and Flannery
O'Connor's short story "Good Country
People." In both stories, female protagonists
come face-to-face with their deepest fears. Also, in
both stories, the authors make use of the imagery of
time to dramatize the situations of women and the
roles dictated for them by society. No additional
sources cited.
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Self-Absorption
and Lack of Communication in Southern Literature
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An eight page paper surveying seven works of fiction by six
different authors. The paper argues that because Southern
heritage is so concerned with maintaining traditions and
external forms of behavior (such as claustrophobic family
ties), the Southern way of life invites its citizenry to
live inauthentic lives. Specific authors and works discussed
include William Faulkner's 'The Sound and the Fury,' Robert
Penn Warren's 'All the King's Men,' Eudora Welty's 'The Wide
Net' and 'Why I Live at the P.O.', Carson McCullers' 'Member
of the Wedding,' Walker Percy's 'The Moviegoer,' and
Flannery O'Connor's 'The River.' Bibliography lists 8
sources.
Filename: KBwelty2.wps
Women
in Modern Southern Literature
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A 9 page paper on the changing role of women in Southern
literature in the mid-to-late twentieth century. The paper
observes that the Southern woman conceals beneath her
society's valuation of her as helpless a unique ability to
navigate the waters of her culture. Works covered are Eudora
Welty's Delta Wedding; Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man is
Hard To Find; Walker Percy's Lancelot; Peter Taylor's A
Summons to Memphis; and Kaye Gibbons' Ellen Foster.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Southlit.wps
Faith
In Films: Wise Blood And The Apostle
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Both The Apostle and Wise Blood are movies about faith,
although they are much different types of faith. This 10
page paper explores three elements of comparison between the
two movies and, or, the novel by Flannery O'Connor.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KTmovrel.wps
Faulkner
& O'Connor on the Grotesque
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A 5 page essay/research paper that examines Flannery
O'Connor's "Good Country People" and William
Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" and argues that both
stories tell evocative things about the South – such as
the fact that both stories center on characters that are
"grotesque." Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfocgr.wps
Symbolic
Images in "A Good Man is Hard to Find"
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A 7 page paper which discusses the symbolic images found in
Flannery O'Connor's "A Good Man is Hard to Find."
Bibliography lists 2 additional sources.
Filename: RAgoodman.wps
Gender
Characterization
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To say that gender roles are merely the subjugation of women
as 'irrational' would not be true. However, oftentimes women
are depicted in literature as irrational and powerless. This
5 page paper explores the characterization of Desiree in
Kate Chopin's story of Desiree's Baby; for the grandmother
in Flannery O'Connor's A Good Man Is Hard To Find and the
woman, Jig, in Hemingway's Hills Like White Elephants in
terms of these factors. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTgensht.wps
Short
Story Analysis of D.H. Lawrence’s “The Rocking-Horse
Winner” and Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard
to Find”
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A 6 page paper which examines how each story explores the
theme of spiritual emptiness. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TGdhflan.rtf
Justice
in Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find,”
Martin Luther King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail,”
and Toni Cade Bambara’s “The Lesson”
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A 5 page paper which examines the role of justice in each
literary example. No additional sources are used.
Filename: TGmkfotb.rtf
Flannery
O’Connor’s Short Stories “Everything That Rises Must
Converge,” “Revelation” and “A Good Man is Hard to
Find”
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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.
Filename: TGflanry.rtf
The
Unlikely Likable Character
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The character of Julien in Flannery O'Connor's Everything
That Rises Must Converge, Dee in Alice Walker's Everyday Use
and the husband in Desiree's Baby by Kate Chopin are all
represented as being far from admirable. This 5 page paper
argues that the authors of these short stories chose to have
these characters present a dual personality of good and evil
for a specific reason. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: KTevlsym.wps
"Everything
That Rises Must Converge"
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A 6 page paper which argues that the son, Julian, in
Flannery O'Connor's "Everything That Rises Must
Converge," spends a great deal of time rebelling
against his mother rather than showing he loves her. This
costs him a great deal in the end. No additional sources
cited.
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