In “Revelation,” Flannery O’Connor demonstrates to readers how God works in mysterious ways to show people exactly what they need to know exactly when they need to know it. O’Connor uses symbolism, dramatic ironies, and descriptive language to convey the type of revelation that Mrs. Turpin experienced in the story. Through an unconventional process, she has a transformative revelation that changes the way she looks at her own life, looks at the people in her life, and looks at God’s presence in her life. Throughout the story, there are multiple instances where Mrs. Turpin prides herself on being a good Christian. At one point in the waiting room, Mrs. Turpin thought to herself, “To help anybody out that needed it was her philosophy of life”
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Turpin learned from her revelation is her vision of the procession of all different groups of people into Heaven. The story says, “And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognized at once as those who, like herself and Claud, had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right…They were marching behind the others with great dignity, accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behavior” (217-8). It is symbolic for Mrs. Turpin and people of a similar social stature as her to be at the back of the line to Heaven because she now realizes that she must follow the people she believed to be beneath her. This also symbolizes the first time that Mrs. Turpin doesn’t view her class of people above the …show more content…
Turpin’s revelation. The “ugly” girl ends up being Mrs. Turpin’s saving grace. Because of this, O’Connor is suggesting that God acts through ordinary events and ordinary people in our lives. Mrs. Turpin was just living her life, bringing her husband to the doctor to get a cow-ulcer checked out, when her life was changed forever. O’Connor is demonstrating that God acts in the most mysterious of ways and through those who would least expect. Mrs. Turpin receives her first revelation from an ugly girl, covered with blue acne, who just happens to be in the waiting room at the same time as she and Claud. God acts in ways that we would never expect, however he always has a plan. In “Revelation,” Mary Grace was God’s way of showing Mrs. Turpin that she needed to change. Mary Grace is extremely symbolic in the short story in many ways. She is the only character in the waiting room to receive a name, and her name itself literally is a sign of how she is Mrs. Turpin’s saving grace. When Mary Grace is staring and judging Mrs. Turpin, Mrs. Turpin wants to know what she wants. Mrs. Turpin is looking for the revelation, and she knows that Mary Grace will give it to her. O’Connor wrote, “‘What you got to say to me?’ she asked hoarsely and held her breath, waiting, as for a
Turpin learned from her revelation is her vision of the procession of all different groups of people into Heaven. The story says, “And bringing up the end of the procession was a tribe of people whom she recognized at once as those who, like herself and Claud, had always had a little of everything and the God-given wit to use it right…They were marching behind the others with great dignity, accountable as they had always been for good order and common sense and respectable behavior” (217-8). It is symbolic for Mrs. Turpin and people of a similar social stature as her to be at the back of the line to Heaven because she now realizes that she must follow the people she believed to be beneath her. This also symbolizes the first time that Mrs. Turpin doesn’t view her class of people above the …show more content…
Turpin’s revelation. The “ugly” girl ends up being Mrs. Turpin’s saving grace. Because of this, O’Connor is suggesting that God acts through ordinary events and ordinary people in our lives. Mrs. Turpin was just living her life, bringing her husband to the doctor to get a cow-ulcer checked out, when her life was changed forever. O’Connor is demonstrating that God acts in the most mysterious of ways and through those who would least expect. Mrs. Turpin receives her first revelation from an ugly girl, covered with blue acne, who just happens to be in the waiting room at the same time as she and Claud. God acts in ways that we would never expect, however he always has a plan. In “Revelation,” Mary Grace was God’s way of showing Mrs. Turpin that she needed to change. Mary Grace is extremely symbolic in the short story in many ways. She is the only character in the waiting room to receive a name, and her name itself literally is a sign of how she is Mrs. Turpin’s saving grace. When Mary Grace is staring and judging Mrs. Turpin, Mrs. Turpin wants to know what she wants. Mrs. Turpin is looking for the revelation, and she knows that Mary Grace will give it to her. O’Connor wrote, “‘What you got to say to me?’ she asked hoarsely and held her breath, waiting, as for a