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In Flannery O'Connor's the short story "Everything That Rises Must Converge" the main character Julian, have concern only for himself. Initially reading the story a reader may think that Julian truly cares for black people. Nevertheless, upon a deeper look at the story, Julian's chief concern is punishing his mother. O'Connor describes how Julian daydreams of bringing different black professionals' home just to flaunt them in front of his mother (575). During Julian's disagreements with his mother, he often talked about the equality of blacks just a way to irritate his mother, not out empathy for them. His mother is the only person, he did not show any heartfelt empathy. At the end of this short story Julian's emotional change is by force.
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