Wise Blood: Whose Deformity Is The Most Serious
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Flannery O' Connor's noted religious work Wise Blood is the tale of
the perplexing and trying theological journey of one of its principal
characters, Hazel Motes, and the constant struggles of another chief
personality, Enoch Emery, to gain acceptance into the local social
structure. The theme of ....
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.... His intuition causes him to believe
that his blood is wise and can lead his life. By bestowing his trust in
his blood, he often takes things too literally. For instance, Hazel Motes
preaches that his religion desperately needs a new Jesus, and Enoch,
perceiving this Jesus to be an actual being, follows his instincts and
brings Hazel a three-foot shrunken man whom he honestly believes to be the
savior. Before actually donating the messiah to Hazel, Enoch's blood
directs him to clean his ....
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