Theme Of Revelation By Flannery O Connor

Two stories “A Good Man is Hard to Find” and “Revelation” by Flannery O' Conner both share a similar theme. The theme most common throughout both stories is religion. The author uses racism and religion in most of her stories and characters all seem to have similar personality traits. A few comparisons between “Revelation” and “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is that both these stories start off quick and to the point. These two stories contain a strong sense of superiority of their characters. These characters face reality through a painful encounter where they finally realize it is time to “wake up”. I failed to mention that both declare themselves religiously but neither understand religion in their own life.

In a “Good Man is Hard to Find”,

This short story takes place in the waiting room of a doctor's office. The main character, Mrs. Turpin, seems to justify herself as a superior Christian woman. It is also because of her social status so apparently she is superior than most people. As the story progresses Mrs. Turpin goes around the room and mentally judges everybody in the waiting room. That is until she strikes up a conversation with a “pleasant lady” because of her appearance. To the others in the room she is extremely resentful. She is racist, she thanked Jesus for not making her a “nigger or white-trash or ugly!” (O'Connor 436) Not because of what she has or who she is but because she's not them. When she noticed Mary Grace whom she referred to as the“ugly girl”, she doesn't understand why this girl is staring at her. She thought that the “girl might be confusing her with somebody else”. (O'Connor 437) When the situation between Mary Grace and Mrs. Turpin heats up Mary Grace throws a book at her and attacks Mrs. Turpin. After the attack she now comes to the realization as to why the girl continued to stare and attack her, it is because of her arrogance towards other

In Revelation, Mrs. Turpin is in need of Mary Grace's revelation even though she is saved by her religion. Mary Grace is the reason for Mrs. Turpin's realization, she is the recipient of God's grace. She is basically a “wake up” call for Mrs. Turpin. The grandmother, in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” also symbolizes grace. She comes to the realization when the Misfit is about to kill her and her family, she is begging for her life, asks him to seek God, get help through prayer. The one being saved here is the Misfit through the grandmother, her words. Before he killed her, she considered him as one of her children, we could say the grandmother recognized him as a human being who can be saved by the grace of