Flannery OConnors Revelation :: Flannery OConnor Revelation

Flannery OConnors background influenced her to write the short story Revelation. One authoritative influence on the story is her southwardern upbringing. During her lifetime, Southerners were very(prenominal) prejudiced towards people of other races and lifestyles. They believed that people who were less fortunate were inferior to them therefore, people were labeled as different things and placed into different social classes. The South provided OConnor with the images she needed for her characters. This can easily be identified in her short story Revelation. The characters in the story are identified by physical characteristics and any(prenominal) are even identified with racial terms. The main character in the story is actually prejudiced and makes many statements using racial jargon. For example, Mrs. Turpin, the main character, refers to the higher(prenominal) class woman as well-dressed and pleasant. She also labels the teenage girl as ugly and the poor woman as white-trashy. When Mrs. Turpin converses with her black workers, she often uses the pronounce nigger in her thoughts. These characteristics she gives her characters definitely reveals the Southern lifestyle which the author, Flannery OConnor, was a part of. In addition to her Southern upbringing, another influence on the story is Flannery OConnors illness. She battled with the lupus affection which has caused her to use a degree of violence and anger to make her stories somewhat un cheerful. The illness caused a sadness inside of Flannery OConnor, and that inner sadness flowed from her body to her news report through her pen. Although she was sick, OConnor still felt proud to be who she was. By comparison, Mrs. Turpin in Revelation has a good disposition about herself. She is far from perfect, yet she is happy to be who she is. Perhaps the most important influence on the story is religion. OConnor was not only influenced by her own Catholic heritage but by others as well. Like the other write rs from France and England, she is curious about the actuality of sin and the effect that it has on the presence of mankind. Her stories and every characteristic about them was Flannery OConnors way of showing universe and qualities that are determiners of fate and destiny. No matter which path her stories took her readers, they mostly ended up finding social truth. This background, together with a believable plot, convincing characterization, and important literary devices enables Flannery OConnor in Revelation to develop the theme that sometimes people must look farther than the surface in order to understand the actions of others.