Lena Olin

In the story, “Good Country People,” there are many themes; however, the main theme is identity. Throughout the story, many identities are shown but by the end of the story the real identities of the characters are revealed. O’Connor enlightens the reader they may often be fooled directly by an individual who is pursuing a separate identity. For example, during the story, the Bible Salesman fools the community by betraying their trust in him, Mrs. Hopewell rudely misjudges others, and Joy characterizes herself poorly. The Bible Salesman, named Manley, attempts to sell a bible to Mrs. Hopewell in hope of making some money. However, Mrs. Hopewell denied his persistence personality by claiming she is already a good, christian lady who always keep a bible beside her when she sleeps. After denying him, Manley seeks to render her guilt with his choice of words. Mrs. Hopewell kindly apologizes for being hostile and invites him inside to enjoy dinner with her. She then makes the statement that Manley is welcome back anytime. The next day, Hulga and Manley sneak off together and Mrs. Hopewell spots them, but she does not follow up with questions when Hulga returns home. Mrs. Hopewell states, “ He bored me to death but he was so nice and genuine I couldn’t be rude to him. He was just good country people, you know, just the salt of the earth.” This statement was in regard to Manley, the Bible salesman. Again, Mrs. Hopewell’s judgment is false and she misidentifies Manley’s being.…

Introduction: Flannery O’Connor ambitiously sets out to make a reader face the grotesque nature of society and all it’s commonly concealed evils. In “Some Aspects of the Grotesque in Southern Fiction” Flannery O’Connor refers to herself as a “realist of distances.” Which means in order for her to explore the difficult and mysterious aspects of human existence she exaggerates the characters and ideas created in her stories. She considers the truly grotesque aspects of writing to be the most…

It is dark. It always is. My mind, like the hell-lit cave, is ignorant to life outside of darkness. I see mere shapes and speak but madness; the language I had once known as meaningless as a singular grain of sand on a sprawling shore. Life is but a farce, a fable constructed by the imagination of others. I glance around my woozy surroundings, as real as a figment, as constant and concrete as a collection of dust. The fire burns brighter than the hell from which I was spawned, flickering and…

2011-2012 school year, Franklin Olin College of Engineering located just outside of Boston, Massachusetts, recorded the highest representation of female students in an undergraduate engineering program with 46 percent of the incoming freshman class being female (Yoder 15). Nonetheless, without other engineering programs boasting high female representation, women will continue to be underrepresented in this profession, depriving society of the creative ideas and knowledge from a substantial…

I also found “Lawrence’s big break came when she was discovered at 14 while on spring break in New York with her family. A stranger asked to take her picture and took her mother’s phone number, then called the next day to ask her to do a screen test. Things happened quickly after that: Lawrence stayed in New York City for the summer, acting in commercials for MTV and filming the 2007 thriller Devil You Know with Lena Olin. (The film was shelved due to lack of distribution and was eventually…