Rachelle Fjeldahl
Professor Nance
English 102
14 October 2016
Major Essay 3: "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
"Everything That Rises Must Converge," by Flannery O' Connor is a story that is told by the narrator, Julian. The events describe surround a fateful trip on the bus that Julian takes with his mother. The mother requires her son to accompany her on the bus because she doesn't want to ride alone, especially after the bus had recently been integrated. During the bus ride, there is considerable tension between Julian and his mother. This story shows a bleak mother and son relationship, in which a warfare is never deciphered or accepted.
Julian shares his thoughts, feelings, and visions towards his mother throughout the story. Julian …show more content…
"Oh my God, he thought." (O'Connor 456) His mother finds the little black boy cute and wants to offer him a nickel at the end of their bus ride. Julian tells her not to do it, but she opened her bag anyway and couldn't find but just a bright and brand new penny. She hands it to the child, and this makes the black woman angry. "Julian saw the black fist swing out with the red pocketbook. " (O'Connor 456) She yelled at his mother stating they don't take anyone pennies, implying that Julian's mom looked down on them to offer up a penny to the boy. He tells his mother, "I said not to do …show more content…
"Chapter 7: The Author's Work As Context." "Everything That Rises Must Converge." The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Kelly J. Mays. Shorter Eleventh ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013. 447-58. Print.
Maida, Patricia Dinneen. "'Convergence' in Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge,'." Studies in Short Fiction 7.4 (Fall 1970): 549-555. Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct. 2016.
Montgomery, Marion. "On Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge,'." Critique 13.2 (1971): 15-29. Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct. 2016.
McFarland, Dorothy Tuck. "Everything That Rises Must Converge." Flannery O'Connor. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1976. 43-71. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct.
Professor Nance
English 102
14 October 2016
Major Essay 3: "Everything That Rises Must Converge"
"Everything That Rises Must Converge," by Flannery O' Connor is a story that is told by the narrator, Julian. The events describe surround a fateful trip on the bus that Julian takes with his mother. The mother requires her son to accompany her on the bus because she doesn't want to ride alone, especially after the bus had recently been integrated. During the bus ride, there is considerable tension between Julian and his mother. This story shows a bleak mother and son relationship, in which a warfare is never deciphered or accepted.
Julian shares his thoughts, feelings, and visions towards his mother throughout the story. Julian …show more content…
"Oh my God, he thought." (O'Connor 456) His mother finds the little black boy cute and wants to offer him a nickel at the end of their bus ride. Julian tells her not to do it, but she opened her bag anyway and couldn't find but just a bright and brand new penny. She hands it to the child, and this makes the black woman angry. "Julian saw the black fist swing out with the red pocketbook. " (O'Connor 456) She yelled at his mother stating they don't take anyone pennies, implying that Julian's mom looked down on them to offer up a penny to the boy. He tells his mother, "I said not to do …show more content…
"Chapter 7: The Author's Work As Context." "Everything That Rises Must Converge." The Norton Introduction to Literature. Ed. Kelly J. Mays. Shorter Eleventh ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2013. 447-58. Print.
Maida, Patricia Dinneen. "'Convergence' in Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge,'." Studies in Short Fiction 7.4 (Fall 1970): 549-555. Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct. 2016.
Montgomery, Marion. "On Flannery O'Connor's 'Everything That Rises Must Converge,'." Critique 13.2 (1971): 15-29. Rpt. in Literature Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2016. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct. 2016.
McFarland, Dorothy Tuck. "Everything That Rises Must Converge." Flannery O'Connor. Frederick Ungar Publishing Co., 1976. 43-71. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Deborah A. Schmitt. Vol. 104. Detroit: Gale, 1998. Literature Resource Center. Web. 14 Oct.