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Flannery O'Conner

Flannery O’Connor
In reading three of Flannery O’Connor’s stories, “Good Country People”, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”, and “Revelation”, I have found that she, as a good writer, applied all of the terms I have been learning throughout the semester. I have chosen to use “Revelation” as an example in my challenge to show jus how O’Connor has used the terms I have learned.
In the plot, O’Connor begins the exposition in the first paragraph. The scene is set in a doctors waiting room, small and full. She also introduces the protagonist, who is Mrs. Ruby Turpin. The story progresses with Mrs. Turpin looking around the small room and sort of measuring everyone up or putting them in her classes. Starting with the antagonist, Mary Grace, who did not like the looks of Mrs. Turpin at all. Then she moves on to the “white-trash” as she calls them who are just sitting there.
The conflict starts when Mary Grace with no warning throws her book a...

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