... which traditional scriptural truths no longer have meaning was Flannery's challenge. (Baumgaertner, 24) Students may question how her writing, as bizarre and cruel as it is, would be deemed Christian literature. At first glance, with its atrocious fatalities, its empty, self-absorbed characters and dismal, seemingly unresolved conclusions, it resembles the contrary to a certain extent. O'Connor speaks of her " ... as a plot opportunity for a peculiar and unforeseen twist. She was not fulfilled with the restrictions of solely rational content, and stated that she had the belief that her b...

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