Flannery O Connor Analysis
on Catholicism, which is extremely traditionalistic. As you would expect, the one who does not like change, or the one that you could argue represents the Catholic Church, is not very intelligent, angry, and not a very likable character. Even from her first work O’Connor was making it clear her feeling for the Catholic Church and its members. An online analysis of the story find that the theme of the story is control, they go into more detail on the subject, “Control, the story seems to say, is elusive. And people who have illusions that they are in control are in for a rude awakening. The illusions will be shattered, and those who have them could very well be in worse shape than before”(There & Blog Again).
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The American wrote it in 1835. Long before the rise of postmodernism, Reed did not use the art of short story or fiction to show her displeasure in the church like Flannery O’Connor and Shirley Jackson but instead recounted her six months that she spent in a convent. Her experience was anything but enjoyable as she describes, “To return to our walk in the garden; the bell rang, when we were immediately conducted to the Religious Choir; and here the Superior caused me to kneel three times, before I could suit her”(Reed, 74). Reed, again, found another problem with the faith that deeply troubled her, and that was the strict nature of which they conducted their business. She then gives examples of which some Filipinos formally Catholic now Christian that I was able to interview would agree seem to be of a ritualistic nature, “Before eating, one of the Religieuse said, ‘In nomine domini nostri Jesu Christe,’ all making the sign of the cross, and responding ‘Amen’”(Reed, 75). Again she touched on the rituals as well as the extreme nature of the actions that they had to do, “After receiving our portions, we performed several devotions, such as kissing the floor and repeating Latin, while the ‘Angelus’ was ringing”(Reed, 75). To a Catholic some of these actions may not seem out of the ordinary. However, Reed’s questioning of these actions, rituals, and intensity, was the perfect stepping stone to the rise of literature questioning and attacking the Catholic Church. Her work would pave the way for future writers such as Flannery
Control in another accusation …show more content…
The American wrote it in 1835. Long before the rise of postmodernism, Reed did not use the art of short story or fiction to show her displeasure in the church like Flannery O’Connor and Shirley Jackson but instead recounted her six months that she spent in a convent. Her experience was anything but enjoyable as she describes, “To return to our walk in the garden; the bell rang, when we were immediately conducted to the Religious Choir; and here the Superior caused me to kneel three times, before I could suit her”(Reed, 74). Reed, again, found another problem with the faith that deeply troubled her, and that was the strict nature of which they conducted their business. She then gives examples of which some Filipinos formally Catholic now Christian that I was able to interview would agree seem to be of a ritualistic nature, “Before eating, one of the Religieuse said, ‘In nomine domini nostri Jesu Christe,’ all making the sign of the cross, and responding ‘Amen’”(Reed, 75). Again she touched on the rituals as well as the extreme nature of the actions that they had to do, “After receiving our portions, we performed several devotions, such as kissing the floor and repeating Latin, while the ‘Angelus’ was ringing”(Reed, 75). To a Catholic some of these actions may not seem out of the ordinary. However, Reed’s questioning of these actions, rituals, and intensity, was the perfect stepping stone to the rise of literature questioning and attacking the Catholic Church. Her work would pave the way for future writers such as Flannery