A Critical Analysis of "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor
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A Critical Analysis of "Revelation"
by Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor's background influenced her to write the short
story "Revelation." One important influence on the story is her Southern
upbringing. During her lifetime, Southerners were very prejudiced towards
people of other races and lifestyles. They believed that people who were less
fortunate were inferior to them; therefore, people were labeled as different
things and placed into different social classes. The South provided O'Connor
with the images she needed for her characters. Similarly, this can easily be
identified in her short story "Revelation." The characters in the story are
identified by physical characteristics and some are even identified with racial
terms. The main character in the story is actually prejudiced and makes many
statements using racial jargon. For example, Mrs. Turpin, the main character,
refers to the higher class woman as "well-dressed and pleasant". She also
labels the teenage girl as "ugly" and the poor woman as "white-trashy".
When Mrs. Turpin converse with her black workers, she often uses the word
"nigger" in her thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters
definitely reveals the Southern lifestyle which the author, Flannery O'Connor,
was a part of. In addition to her Southern upbringing, another influence on
the story is Flannery O'Connor's illness. She battled with the lupus disease
which has caused her to use a degree of violence and anger to make her
stories somewhat unhappy. The illness caused a sadness inside of Flannery
O'Connor, and that inner sadness flowed from her body to her paper through
her pen. Although she was sick, O'Connor still felt proud to be who she was.
By comparison, Mrs. Turpin in "Revelation" has a good disposition about
herself. She is far from perfect, yet she is happy to be who she is. Perhaps
the most important influence on the story is religion. In the words of Robert
A Critical Analysis of "Revelation"
by Flannery O'Connor
Flannery O'Connor's background influenced her to write the short
story "Revelation." One important influence on the story is her Southern
upbringing. During her lifetime, Southerners were very prejudiced towards
people of other races and lifestyles. They believed that people who were less
fortunate were inferior to them; therefore, people were labeled as different
things and placed into different social classes. The South provided O'Connor
with the images she needed for her characters. Similarly, this can easily be
identified in her short story "Revelation." The characters in the story are
identified by physical characteristics and some are even identified with racial
terms. The main character in the story is actually prejudiced and makes many
statements using racial jargon. For example, Mrs. Turpin, the main character,
refers to the higher class woman as "well-dressed and pleasant". She also
labels the teenage girl as "ugly" and the poor woman as "white-trashy".
When Mrs. Turpin converse with her black workers, she often uses the word
"nigger" in her thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters
definitely reveals the Southern lifestyle which the author, Flannery O'Connor,
was a part of. In addition to her Southern upbringing, another influence on
the story is Flannery O'Connor's illness. She battled with the lupus disease
which has caused her to use a degree of violence and anger to make her
stories somewhat unhappy. The illness caused a sadness inside of Flannery
O'Connor, and that inner sadness flowed from her body to her paper through
her pen. Although she was sick, O'Connor still felt proud to be who she was.
By comparison, Mrs. Turpin in "Revelation" has a good disposition about
herself. She is far from perfect, yet she is happy to be who she is. Perhaps
the most important influence on the story is religion. In the words of Robert