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Katherine Anne Porter's Flowering Judas
Katherine Anne Porter’s style in “Flowering Judas”, is a little different from the other authors in “Short Stories for Students.” Porter main focused in “Flowering Judas” was that she explained loneliness and depression well. Her intense taste of the present and remark and her operative crisis in the story sets a pattern for readers. Porter made the story “Flowering Judas” on a real-life-based story because of the experiences of her life. With her lifestyle, she invests her life into the protagonist in the story, Laura. Porter tells the story “Flowering Judas” in third-person point of view, sanctioning her to show the reflection of Laura, which there is no verdict in Laura’s conflict. There is no happy movements or life-changing moments in
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