Mark O'Connor

Well used imagery can be as vivid as a one million paintings. Kate Chopin uses imagery throughout many of her timeless short stories. Kate Chopin was a short story author based out of Louisiana. Chopin was born on February 8, 1850, in St. Louis, MO and later died on August 22, 1904. Throughout her life Chopin was a very well-known women’s rights activist. Kate Chopin was also very against the abuse and enslavement of African Americans. Chopin uses amazing imagery throughout the short story…

Southern Gothic Literature is a genre of literature that takes place in the south, usually dealing with twisted and despondent elements. Existing “in a crummy little sh-ttown in Alabama, called Woodstock,” as John B. McLemore calls it, is “S-Town,” a podcast with narration by Brian Reed. Instead of being a classic piece of Southern Gothic Literature, “S-Town” grasps themes that make it into a more modern and contemporary piece of Southern Gothic Literature, which lets people relate with it.…

O’Connor reveals the Grandmother’s fault by expressing that “a horrible thought came to her” . She had not wanted to travel to Florida but her reminiscence of her past life in Tennessee led her to give false directions which led them to their death. The theme is revealed when the Grandmother registered her mistake but chooses not to speak up due to her embarrassment. The use of this phrase foreshadows that due to her inaccuracy, something horrible might happen. In the story the…

People ask all the time "Why can we all not be treated equal?" People still have a chance to change their life and do what is right. Yet there are some people that choose not too. In the story "The Life You Save Maybe Your Own," written by Flannery O'Connor, she uses insights, powerful moral messages, and a sense of tragic realities of modern life. She uses her writing to try to and point out spiritual feelings of the modern world. She highlights character with morals and intellectual…

biography states “Of the two daughters at odds over family heirlooms in the story ‘Everyday Use’, Alice Walker resembles each one” (Bayme and Levine 1530). In this statement, there is a resemblance between Alice Walker’s stories and her life. Flannery O’Connor also reflects back to her characters in "Good Country People". Flannery was limited due to her disease.…

Marco Lopez 12/12/2016 Of the many issues facing society today, few come close to the controversy and debate that surround the idea of racism. Often, a significant part of the debate is what exactly constitutes racism. We need a clear definition of racism in order to know how to behave ethically. There is no way we can make ethical decisions if we do not have a clear idea of what is considered ethical in the first place. Two well-known philosophers have conflicting viewpoints on what…

William Faulkner presents a short story located in a small town in the deep south. The details about the setting provided me with an understanding of the upbringing that embraced the values and beliefs of the characters, with imaginary actions and reactions of Emily and the rest of the town, that changed the tone of the story. Passing on the extremes of isolation that is both physical and emotional. A process that shows the human life isolated from their families, community, habit, past,…

thought-provoking fiction often encourages readers to use critical analysis between her works. O’Connor is known for her fictional novels and short stories which are often described as “Southern Gothic”. However, she disagreed with this title, saying that it portrayed her fiction in a negative light. She much preferred the term “Catholic realism”, as it gave the idea that her works focused on the lighter side of things (O’Connor 301). There is an abundance of essays analyzing her extensive…

can be as difficult as walking through the strongest storm trying to not fall. Love is the most striking characteristic in the stories because it’s real; it pertains to the real world. In the book, ‘A Good Man Is Hard To Find’ written by Flannery O’Connor we face with multiple characters who experience love on different levels. One character has a fear of love, another experiences hopeless love and the third one has a prideful love. The main theme is that all three characters experience such a…

may or may not know well was first published in 1953 after the writer, Flannery O’Connor made a permanent move to Andalusia to her mother’s diary farm. The story, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" was started on the dairy farm that illustrates many of the techniques and themes which were to characterize the typical story. Since O’Connor was limited by her illness to short and infrequent trips away from the farm, O'Connor learned to draw upon the resources at hand for the subject matter of her stories…