Holy Spirit and Grandmother

| Enoch and the Gorilla | | Enoch | Enoch is a very “dark” man. His attire always consist of dark colors. .He wears dark glasses, dark furry arm, black truck and he had a black heart. He even wears his dark glasses in the rain. This is to hide his unhappy disposition. Enoch is a biblical character who was taken by God but never died. The only quoted words from Enoch the biblical character are “God shall be coming with his saints to judge and convict them.” This could intertwine with Enoch and the Gorilla because Enoch thinks that people judge him and do not like him so they are convicting him to a bad and lonely life. | 108 | Name | Flannery gives the character Enoch the only name in this short story. This is because she wants to emphasize the importance of the character and the fact that he is the center focus of the story. | 108 | Gorilla | Enoch wants to imitate the guy in the gorilla suit because he sees the guy in the gorilla suit getting all kinds of attention. He sees that everyone loves the guy in the gorilla suit, whether it’s children or adults. Enoch wants to be the guy in the gorilla suit because he is lonely and wants the attention the gorilla gets. When he first becomes the gorilla, the first handshake he receives makes him realize what he has been missing from being a loner. | 109 | Children | The children standing in line to meet the gorilla acted more like adults than children. They tell Enoch what time it is from the watch the kid is wearing, they get angry when the gorilla is late, and when the converse with each other they begin to sound less and less like children. | 109 | Adults | The adults in Flannery’s short story act more like children than adults. They stand in the line to meet the guy dressed up in a gorilla suit. What adult waits in line to meet a gorilla? They act like they don’t know it isn’t a real gorilla. They’re characteristics are much more like children than adults. | 110 | Repition | “He wanted to become