Flannery O'Conner

This story involves a family on a trip to Florida to visit relatives. The family consists of a mother, father, son, daughter, baby and a grandmother. The parents don't really pay attention to the babbling old grandmother; their values seem to be extremely different than hers. The grandmother has a strong southern heritage. Even the way, in which she dresses, she wants everyone to know that she's a lady. I think her values represent some of the values of O’Connor. The grandmother had her son take a detour to show the whole family a plantation she had once visited as a child. Once they were on their way she suddenly remembered that it was in an entirely different state! She got so embarrassed she jumped up knocked over the cat carrier, the cat jumped on her son's shoulder (who was driving) and they ended up in a ditch. When someone finally s

I think O’Connor uses Joy-Hulga’s heart trouble and wooden leg as a symbol. I think maybe she relates to Joy-Hulga because of her own lupus. People write short stories based on events that surround them. She once said, “A short story should be long in depth and should give us an experience of meaning,” (O’Connor, 633) which I think the story did. She doesn’t go too far into explaining about her characters because she doesn’t think that it’s too important.

This story seems to show values of people in the south. Because O’Connor grew up in the south she probably relates her self to the mother, but not to that extreme. I can see how the southern influences are brought about in the story.

topped to help, the grandmother went on and on about how familiar he looked. When she discovered that it was The Misfit all hell broke loose. She single-handedly was responsible for the death of her entire family. This is the part of the story was where all the religion came into play. The Misfit represents evil and I noted how O’Connor capitalized "The Misfit" every time like you would capitalize

For him and Joy-Hulga. I think when Manly told Joy-Hulga that she was very brave because she had a wooden leg he got her attention. Joy-Hulga has a PhD and is really book smart but she has no idea when she is being taken advantage of. I think she is really gullible because she hasn't really dealt with the outside world. While she and Manly are up in the barn she discovers a few t

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