Katherine Ann Porter's Flowering Judas

Katherine Ann Porter “One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.”- Katherine Ann Porter. This quote from Ms. Katherine Ann Porter was the anthem of her writing. Porter had a gift that many authors could not possess, and had the utmost courage to present her talent to the world. Porter was one of the strongest writers of her time, always astonishing her audiences with her views and beliefs. Through her biography, the time period she wrote in, criticism, and her contribution to American Literature we can take a look into who Katherine Ann Porter really was. On May 15th 1890, Callie Russell was born to the small sluggish ranch town known as Indian Creek, Texas. (Katherine Ann Porter Biography) Callie is better known as Katherine Ann Porter, the famous author and journalist who defied all odds. (Katherine Ann Porter Biography) Porter was born into a fast paced world, which was changing rapidly every day. It is said that Porter is related to a legend in the literary world, the famous O. Henry, who wrote The Gift of Magi, and many other well renowned short …show more content…
(American Masters) Her best work Flowering Judas really shows her style of writing and common literary devices she uses. (American Masters) Flowering Judas is about an American Woman who has come to Mexico to help children and start over. (Flowering Judas) An excerpt of her story:
“She was born Roman Catholic, and in spite of her fear of being seen by someone who might make a scandal of it, she slips now and again into some crumbling little church, kneels on the chilly stone, and says a Hail Mary on the gold rosary she bought in Tehuantepec. It is no good and she ends by examining the altar with its tinsel flowers and ragged brocades, and feels tender about the battered doll-shape of some real saint whose white, lace-trimmed drawers hang limply around his ankles below the hieratic dignity of his velvet robe.” (Flowering Judas