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Flannery O'Connor was born in Savannah, in the Deep South-East of the United States in 1925. Her adolescence was marked by the death of her father, from whom she later inherited the disease, deadly enemy with whom she fought, without surrender, for a lifetime. (Ann, pp74-78) However, her childhood was marked by more or less serene moments; she was taken to be, at the age of 6 years, a minor celebrity.

(Bandy, p107-17) The story tells of the young Flannery O'Connor taught a chicken to walk backwards like! Her passion for birds does not vanish, so that, now an adult, she moved to Andalucia to raise peacocks, ducks and chickens, described and used as a model in some of her writings, as "The King of Birds." After graduating from the Peabody Laboratory School, and graduated in sociology, stayed for some time in Connecticut with Robert Fitzgerald and her wife, but never married.

(Ochshorn, p113-17) A fervent Catholic, she procured books on Catholic theology, and often gave lectures on religious and literary. Considered one of the most celebrated writers of the twentieth century American, wrote a series of 32 stories, 2 novels, and hundreds of reviews for local newspapers. Neither the disease, inherited from her father, managed to restrain her energetic life. (Jan et al.

p117-28) The Geranium The contrast between the 'white race and the' black race, especially in context to the historical period where Flannery O'Connor lived, often returns as a redundant theme in her stories. It 'the first case of this short paper, where the motive of the geranium, sickly little flower, which slips away from the window, can be interpreted in different ways, because apparently displaced by the intertwining of the plot.

(Bandy, p107-17) It may be seen as the "collapse," the defeat of the pride of the white man, who loses faith in himself for a trivial reason, purely fueled by a racist conception of ethnic dualism: man "black" becomes a reason for hatred, intolerance, against the neighbor, only to seeing her up the stairs and for having called her the nickname "old friend" and for giving her a pat on the back.

(Desmond, p129-38) The pain had spread from the throat to the entire face, now, and brimming eyes. She crawled to the chair by the window and sat down heavily on top. She was about to burst her throat. The gorge was about to burst because of a black man, a damn Negro had given her a pat on the back and called her "old chap." (Ochshorn, p113-17) The question seems; however, do not rely on a simple ideal racist.

It is not the color of the skin to have irritated the "white" Mr. Dudley, who appreciated the company of two servants and blacks Lutisha Rabie. And 'that sense of equality, of complicity, and mutual respect help or hurt the poor pride of the old Dudley White. (Jan et al.

p117-28) Late encounter with the enemy This is instead the story of a legendary general, who, returning from a war that not even remember, the protagonist of a story, for which she has lost any interest at all, is, at the age of one hundred and four years, the reason for living, a life that seems to not want to leave, in the continuous pursuit of success, the protagonist, the celebrities.

(Desmond, p129-38) And 'that she wants to be recognized, praised for the qualities, values, that not even remember, or perhaps have never even had, but enough to feed the lifeblood of her being, the desire to appear in the eyes of others in the splendor of her military uniform. (Ochshorn, p113-17) Nothing behind that uniform, a symbol of the changing history of patriotic value, there is nothing but the lust for fame.

And 'why I still live? Live like a museum piece, a living statue, but inwardly empty, a shell, human, human to exhibit a precious shell almost like a trophy. (Jan et al. p117-28) And what role has the feelings, fears, emotions, in this life? Perhaps the pettiest, keep in touch with reality, with the present and the past. And when the past comes back, when the memories of what we wanted to forget resurface, it's too late. The enemy of man, death, is ready to take everything.

(Bandy, p107-17) The life you save may be your What is man to be? Even to take the life of another human being, to take possession, and leave it for mere greed. It's all a shameless deception, playing behind a poor girl, abandoned to its fate, the bank un'autogrill on a road leading away. (Ochshorn, p113-17) What was it you wanted? The mother's old car, the same that she could not afford, her desire materialistic, which in her mind, takes more value than ingenue feelings of women.

But when she discovers, through the eyes of a child, the evil that selfishness can bring to a person, prays that the "mud was washed away from the earth." And who knows if her same spirit that is filthy slime? (Desmond, p129-38) Judgment Day It is once again the issue of ethnic conflict between whites and blacks. Mr. Tanner, taken from her homeland, she feels the need to return, before dying, or at least, dead in her home country.

(Bandy, p107-17) And when she discovers that her daughter is not going to send her remains to the little village, but to bury them in the chaotic city, decides to escape, to find Coleman's servant will take care of her until the day of her death. (Ann, pp74-78) But her fate is different, and particularly influenced by incomprehension, dictated by the theme of pride, presumption of superiority, which originated from ethnic confrontation. (Jan et al.

p117-28) The Day of Judgment, coveted in the Christian view of the protagonist finally arrives. It is not only death. In which the sense of superiority that leads Tanner to deal with her abusive ways sarcastically neighbors blacks, will remain under the thumb of reality, a reality that no longer provides any ethnic difference. (Desmond, p129-38) Critical analysis It may seem trivial, but it must be said that Flannery did not disappoint.

Despite the relative brevity of his work, we have traveled far and wide for three days of plenary sessions (nine reports and related discussions) and roundtables (seventeen), plus three events and a film theater. In addition, the corridor conversations in coffee breaks, lunches in, I can testify that continued on the subject. And we never had the impression that everything was over, that we had reached the limits of interpretation. (Bandy, p107-17) It was also nice to experience in vivo validity of O'Connor outside of Christianity.

Attendance Islamic, Hindu and budhiste held to remind us that the light offered by the writer goes far beyond the scope of Christian culture. A considerable success of this conference was to bring together the voices that are concerned with more authority the life and work of O'Connor biographers, editors, presidents of foundations and even some relatives and close friend. They knew, but had never met everyone, even the United States. (Jan et al.

p117-28) Her first publications date from 1947, but recognition from critics and audiences did not come until 1952, with the emergence of 'Wise Blood'. What happens in your pages is the story of a deranged preacher "of the Church without Christ" will lose the sight and be killed in a sort of puppet. (Bandy, p107-17) In addition to the applause of the critics, 'Wise Blood' also arouse scandal. Needless to say the story of our writer proposal led to protests from the most puritanical always Carcass of American society.

Yet religious fanaticism is a recurring theme throughout the literature of the author. But Flannery O'Connor's personal experience does not correspond with the success of her literary career. (Desmond, p129-38) A year before the publication of 'Wise Blood' a serious disease has appeared in the blood of the writer. Most likely, the title of the novel comes to refer to the sufferings of the author.

From what is clear is that her ailment, which affected mainly the bones of the legs, sentenced her to move with crutches until the end of her days. Southern religious Back to the farm that grew Milledgeville, O'Connor simultaneous writing short stories, the genre par excellence of the American narrative, and that she would become an accomplished teacher, with the breeding of peacocks. The first collection of short pieces appears in 1955 under the title 'It's difficult to find a good man. (Jan et al.

p117-28) The issue of narrative returns to the same criticism and re-discovered at the young author. (Bandy, p107-17) On this occasion, the South religious primitivism and Protestant Bible she was a Catholic, we must remember, is presented under the familiar patterns of Greek tragedies. Rag and are concepts which weigh about characters 'local' and 'historical' as the definition of the writer. (Ann, pp74-78) A new novel appears in 1960 with the title 'The sky is the violent'.

Its protagonist is again another false Messiah who seeks grace hard way, immersed in a whole gallery of characters ranging from comedy to extravagance. "Everything that grows has to converge '(1965), the latest collection of stories by O'Connor, hit the shelves months after its author died of the same disease that left her crippled. (Desmond, p129-38) The initial, decisive obstacles, the path will be really hard.

One thing is certain: the proclamations, the great judgments on the existence, the easy temptation to say everything at once so present in the early attempts of those who tried, with the writing will be strictly banned. Nothing is more pernicious.

"Fiction is about everything that is human and we are dust, so if you disdain the dusty, you should not try to write fiction." The phrase, now famous to the point that both the Italian editions quote on the back, lifts the veil on the most complex and characteristic of this writer: her uncompromising Catholicism. (Bandy, p107-17) A fact of Catholicism dogma and mystery, absolutely yielding to any refined to win souls to the cause.

So far from the rhetoric of the catechism as to be indispensable character of her writings, but at the same time almost ignorable for those who want to follow the ' author in her "lessons" for possible future writers.

(Ann, pp74-78) Defined precisely as a writer in the Catholic and not even Catholic, O'Connor puts it in front of those wishing to follow the most common aspirations that any writer supposed to have, regardless of her faith: to describe the visible world to let through it is the invisible monsters.

It is no coincidence that Conrad is the benchmark quoted by the writer: "She was interested in doing justice to the universe visible because it suggested an invisible." (Flannery, p31-36) Nor is it a coincidence that this visible universe must be grasped through the senses. (Ochshorn, p113-17) No emotions, abstractions, comments. Show the world and do not tell. To make that world come to life is never completely fulfilled, and its meaning do not let you ever capture.

"A story is successful if you can still see something in there more, if it continues to slip away. In fiction, two plus two does not always make four. Then perhaps you are on the right track. Flannery O'Connor, the road, covered with such earnestness that's what she wrote until the last days of life (even in letters, that beautiful letters that you always expect a full translation) you hears a distant echo of the pain physical.

They believe that a narrative consists of unfinished action in which very little is revealed and suggested; believe that to suggest means to omit. (Desmond, p129-38) Since it all their lives were a devout Catholic, her writings are deeply influenced by religious and the idea of Thomas Aquinas that the world is determined by God. However, they did not write apologetic fiction, as it prevailed in the contemporary Catholic literature.

She was of the opinion that there must be no clear pedagogical index finger from the literature, what the author wanted to say. (Bandy, p107-17) She wrote ironic, subtle allegorical literature on seemingly underdeveloped characters from the south, mostly fundamentalist Protestants, their character changes so that they come nearer to the Catholic thought. The transformation is often caused by pain, violence and ridiculous behavior in the search for the sacred. How preposterous the circumstances are, they tried to portray their characters as if they were touched by divine grace.

Thus a sentimental understanding of the violence was excluded in their stories, as well as through their own illness. O'Connor wrote: "Grace changes us and change is painful." She also had a sense of sardonic humor, which often relies on the disparity between the limited perception of their characters and the horrible fate that awaits them. (Bandy, p107-17) Another source of their humor can often be found in the well-meaning liberal attempt to cope on their way to the rural South.

O'Connor uses the characters of their inability to cope with racism, poverty and fundamentalism (except in sentimental illusions) as an example of the failure of the secular world in the twentieth century. (Desmond, p129-38) More than ten years, was her best friend, Betty Hester, a weekly letter from O'Connor. Especially in these letters is the correspondence, which is collected in The Habit of Being, a selection of O'Connor's letters, edited by Sally Fitzgerald.

The reclusive Hester was given the pseudonym "A." And their identity was known only when they were in 1998 at the age of 75 years committed suicide. Much of O'Connor's best-known writings on religion, writing, and the south are included in these and other letters. The complete collection of the letters were not published either on 12 May 2007 by the Emory University published, the letters were handed over to the university in 1987 under the condition that they be published only after 20 years.

Betty was a lesbian, so that Emory's Steve Enniss speculated that they wanted to hide from this reason, the letters from the public.