Everything that rises must converge- summary analysis #2
Intro:
O’Connor tries to illuminate various ideas in “Everything that rises must converge.” The major theme being racism, O’Connor displays a racist mother and an irritated son with an estranged relationship which is evident when the son "had cut himself emotionally free of her." This also forecasts the unfortunate event of the mother’s death.
Attention Getter:
Thesis:
Amongst the themes associated with O’Connor’s stories, this is going to analyze the racism, disrespect and hypocrisy exhibited by the characters that are showcased in the story as well as the symbolized objects and their representations.
Body:
Symbols:
The hat:
We see that the hat described in the text is used to show that Julian’s mother and the large black woman are on equal social footing. Traditionally, racial differences would have automatically placed Julian’s mother on a higher social plane as those type of hats where only worn by landladies and wives’ of plantation owners while the black woman was associated with poverty and slavery. Integration, however, elevated blacks, giving a stance in society and …show more content…
He has nothing but contempt for his doting mother, whom he believes has foolish, outdated manners and is detached from the realities of the changing world. Julian embraces the progressive ideologies of racial equality that he learns of in college but finds himself unable engage in any meaningful conversation with the blacks. We can see that he secretly longs for the luxury and privacy of his grandfather’s mansion on the old family plantation which he constantly only hears of from his mother and had only seen once while it was in ruins. His character is also portrayed as a very disrespectful son to his mother and ungrateful for the sacrifices she made for his
Intro:
O’Connor tries to illuminate various ideas in “Everything that rises must converge.” The major theme being racism, O’Connor displays a racist mother and an irritated son with an estranged relationship which is evident when the son "had cut himself emotionally free of her." This also forecasts the unfortunate event of the mother’s death.
Attention Getter:
Thesis:
Amongst the themes associated with O’Connor’s stories, this is going to analyze the racism, disrespect and hypocrisy exhibited by the characters that are showcased in the story as well as the symbolized objects and their representations.
Body:
Symbols:
The hat:
We see that the hat described in the text is used to show that Julian’s mother and the large black woman are on equal social footing. Traditionally, racial differences would have automatically placed Julian’s mother on a higher social plane as those type of hats where only worn by landladies and wives’ of plantation owners while the black woman was associated with poverty and slavery. Integration, however, elevated blacks, giving a stance in society and …show more content…
He has nothing but contempt for his doting mother, whom he believes has foolish, outdated manners and is detached from the realities of the changing world. Julian embraces the progressive ideologies of racial equality that he learns of in college but finds himself unable engage in any meaningful conversation with the blacks. We can see that he secretly longs for the luxury and privacy of his grandfather’s mansion on the old family plantation which he constantly only hears of from his mother and had only seen once while it was in ruins. His character is also portrayed as a very disrespectful son to his mother and ungrateful for the sacrifices she made for his