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Flannery O Connor's Physical And Grotesque
Flannery O’Connor Flannery O’Connor is known as one of the best short story authors. She successfully combines violence, religion, and grotesque into her short stories. She uses violence to take big actions and catch the attention of her audience. O’Connor was no doubt a dedicated Catholic, but in her stories she managed to apply multiple religions into her works (Nielson). O’Connor takes the word grotesque to a new level. She makes her characters bizarre by their physical and mental appearance. Flannery O’Connor uses characters that appear grotesque to make her stories capture the attention of her audience. From reading her stories you would think that she had a crazy messed up life, but she was actually just a normal well educated girl. O’Connor was born an only child in Savannah, Georgia. While there her early childhood education started at the city’s Catholic school. Later, she and her parents moved to Milledgeville, Georgia where they had existing family.
She continued her education in Milledgeville, Georgia at Peabody Laboratory school that was associated with Georgia State College for Women (GSCW). During this time her father died from lupus so she decided to stay in Milledgeville and attend GSCW in an accelerated …show more content…
A real leg replaced by a wooden leg is not normally seen in today’s world. We also know that Hulga is an atheist. One day, Manley Pointer, the bible salesman, shows up to offer a bible and discuss his religious beliefs to Hulga and her mother. Hulga being atheist wants to see if she can seduce Manley and really test his true belief in religion (Oates). Manley’s character is perceived to be the sweet innocent christian but we soon find out he is a liar and a swindler. Taking Hulga’s leg and abandoning her is not normal at all. O’Connor really surprises the audience at this time because Manley was sought out to be a true christian boy (Nielson
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