Flannery O’Conner’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own”

Flannery O’Conner’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” is an ironic story. There are parts in the story that mock the other three literary modes; tragedy, comedy, and romance.
The heroes in a tragedy are noble, amiable and admirable. Shiftlet is the mockery of a hero in the story. He is sly, slow-witted, and selfish. “…A weary snake…” In the end of a story the hero should gain wisdom. Shiftlet was the same person throughout the whole sto...