Hidden Truths In Lavinia By Flannery O Connor

When certain situations cause someone to make hard decisions, without complete thought of their problems answer it causes history to repeat itself. This repetition of the past will cause isolation at the worst, and complications beyond repair. The innocences and truth with which were thought, are revealed as lies. The hidden truths reveal an ugly background within the years before them. This unearthing will undoubtedly bring about the seen similarities with the problems of what was once before it. Problems pertaining to the past will ultimately bring about the destruction within a person and the people around them. Desolation due to these issues, will cause breaks in personal relations between friends and family. Though history’s replication for some will not be …show more content…
Within this story Lavinia plays a major role as the first main character, with Belle as the second. Throughout the story their written duet as main characters coincides with the troubles of the late 1700’s and early 1800’s , with some added melodramatic storyline. Lavinia is characterized as being the innocent and gullible protagonist, she is brought towards many situations where these traits blind her perception of what is really going on. Even with her lacking of perception she is seen as a survivor through her and others many hardships within the story. From the beginning of the book, Lavinia is dealing with countless new positions at Tall Oaks and then beyond that when she was moved to Williamsburg. Though her gullibility and amenability show adversely through when she decided to marry Miss Martha’s son, Marshall. Throughout the story her gullibility made her see Marshall as a (something). This only worsened when in Williamsburg their paths cross once more. In a proposed marriage with Mr. Boran, a relatively older man who is a coworker of Mr. Madden, he attempted to get Lavinia alone without the Madden’s knowledge. This ends with Lavinia escaping his clutches, but