Analysis Of Wise Blood By Flannery O Connor

Wise Blood, the first novel written by Flannery O’ Connor, it has been recognized by many readers and philosophers as an unusual piece and strangest novel. It deals with religions, Jesus Christ, people seeking for religion and redemption. Many writers have analyzed the novel and have many different points of view towards it. They have also pointed out that Wise Blood, does not have a plot. Meaning there was no question in the beginning, and no answer left at the end of it. Wise Blood, was published in 1952, this year can tell us a lot of the theme, and scenery of the book. Due to the publication date of the book, the Civil Rights Movement was happening. This lead for people, student, myself to think it dealt with racism and how it was applied in that decade. Beginning the discussion of Flannery O’ Connors, Wise Blood, we discussed the terms intentional fallacy and literal intention, having almost the same meaning. Literal intention or intentional Fallacy is referred in the dictionary as , “An assertion that the intended meaning of the author is not the only or most important meaning; a fallacy involving an assessment of a literary work based on the author's intended meaning rather than on actual response to the work” (Dictionary, 2018) I …show more content…
Without no plot or any questions given. Many colleagues from my class, didn’t like the book because of it. Many mention that they wouldn’t want to read it again. In my opinion I enjoyed it. It’s a book that I would want to read again from page one to the end. At the end everything has a meaning. For example, O’ Connor made a smart choice by naming the character “Hazel Mottes”. Hazel is an eye color, and it seems as his eyes are a big part of the book. Not because he can see, but rather know what he wants. As Sabbath said, ““I like his eyes,” she observed. “They don’t look like they see what he’s looking at but they keep on looking”