A Critical Analysis Of "Revelation" By Flannery O'Connor
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Flannery O'Connor's background influenced her to write the short story “
Revelation.” One important influence on the story is her Southern upbringing.
During her lifetime, Southerners were very prejudiced towards people of other
races and lifestyles. They believed that people who were less f ....
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.... as “white-trashy”. When Mrs. Turpin
converse with her black workers, she often uses the word “nigger” in her
thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters definitely reveals the
Southern lifestyle which the author, Flannery O'Connor, was a part of. In
addition to her Southern upbringing, another influence on the story is Flannery
O'Connor's illness. She battled with the lupus disease which has caused her to
use a degree of violence and anger to make her stories somewhat un ....
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