Judgement Day Flannery O Connor Analysis

Judgment Day by Flannery O'Connor is a story about an old man living in mid-twentieth century New York City but who's mindset is one of late nineteenth century Corinth, Alabama. The story starts by leading you to believe that the main character, Tanner, is going to visit his hometown but it is revealed that he is going there to reside or die trying.
Tanner is the main character that suffers from self-righteousness and spiritual blindness. He is arrogant toward black people because he used to employ them. At first glance, he appears to be a simple man that is almost understandably racist. However, when you look at the way he acts towards the black actor, his arrogance and bigotry can be seen. Tanner wants to trek back to Corinth because he is lonely in New York. Although it is never revealed why he is in New York, it is safe to assume that his daughter has to take care of him since he was becoming frail. Tanner has only been close to one black person in his whole life. All the black people he knew were his employees except for Coleman. Tanner thinks that he is greater than he really appears because he had so much power over his workers in Corinth. Tanner is not necessarily a racist because what he does is not purposely meant to ridicule black people. His rhetoric toward black people is the way he would speak in Corinth to his workers. Since he rarely went out of his apartment, he did not have much experience dealing with New York black people. He is blind spiritually
He is born in New York and exemplifies the cultural difference between himself and the old time Alabama born Tanner. They are both flawed people because Tanner is arrogant towards black people and the actor has no patience for the elderly. He exemplifies the times and people of the black community in New York. The actor is the prophet in the story, but he does not have any grotesque qualities. He spurs the moment of