Flannery O'Connors “Revelation” dealing with Grace and “the gestures”

“Revelation’s” Grace and “the gestures”
Flannery O’Connor uses certain literary themes in her stories to give them a deeper theological meaning and to provide enjoyment for her readers. In “Revelation”, these themes are seen when Turpid, the main character has her vision at the end of the story. O’Connor uses the theme of grace and “the gesture”, which consists of contact with mystery, the “Divine”, and the “return to reality”.
Turpid has contact with mystery a few moments before she has her vision. At this point in the story is washing the hogs and “in the deepening light everything was taking on a mysterious hue” (993). By describing the setting this way, O’Connor foreshadows the event that is about to happen to Turpid. Next, while washing the pigs, she begins starring “as if through the very heart of mystery” (993). O’Connor uses this word choice to invoke the reader to think deeper about the story and to give the characte...